Re: [gNewSense-users] onload ip address configuration

[Sam Geeraerts]

Vladimir B. Tsarkov schreef:
> Hello!
>
> I use gnewsense 2.3.
> In general I tried to use the same network configuration files as in Debian 
> Lenny.
>
> /etc/network/interfaces
> /etc/hosts
> /etc/networks
>
> If I run ifconfig after boot it cannot output the ip address of the eth0 
> interface.
> It seems to me very strange because this ip is written in 
> /etc/network/interfaces.
>
> Why can it happen? What script can overcome the /etc/network/interfaces 
> preferences?

What's the contents of /etc/network/interfaces ? What's the output of 
"ifconfig eth0"?