Dapper on HP nx5000 laptop - ethernet not activate

[Burn Alting]

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 22:32 -0600, Bonilla, Alejandro wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 15:21 +1100, Burn Alting wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 18:57 -0600, Bonilla, Alejandro wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 11:06 +1100, Burn Alting wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I have a HP (Compqa) NX5000 laptop on which I have Dapper running. It is
> > > > connected to my wired network at home.
> > > > 
> > > > Sometimes when I boot it, the default ethernet device (eth0) is not
> > > > activated. This never occurred under Hoary. It is a simple thing to
> > > > activate the interface, but surely it should come up automatically.
> > > > 
> > > > Before submitting a bug, what should I check or can I provide to help
> > > > diagnose this problem - perhaps I've not set something up correctly.
> > > 
> > > What driver does it use?
> > 
> > It's b44 (Broadcom BCM4401-B0)
> > 
> > > If you set the driver under /etc/modules does this work on boot?
> > 
> > Doesn't help. Just rebooted with b44 in /etc/modules and nothing. Had to
> > activate by hand.
> > 
> > Is there some configuration file that says, activate eth0 on boot?
> 
> Please run the command "activate on boot eth0"!

I can't find the command, activate, anywhere under dapper, so not quite
sure what you mean.

> What do you mean with Activate?

Dapper recognises three network capable devices on my laptop -
a. Wireless Connection which it labels as eth1 and it's not configured
b. Ethernet Connection which it labels as eth0 and it is configured and
is the default gateway - it also gets it's IP address via DHCP.
c. Modem connection which it labels as ppp0 and it is not configured.

If I run the network-admin tool I see all three devices and typically
eth0 is not activated when my laptop boots, I have to start this tool
and press the Activate button - then everything works as expected (until
next I boot).

Burn

> 
> .Alejandro
> 
> > 
> > > -Dapper is not yet out-
> > 
> > A company I work for want's to base a soon to be released product on
> > Dapper as it will be supported for 5 years. So, to catch any problems
> > well in advance, I'm using Dapper.
> > 
> > > 
> > > .Alejandro
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Regards
> > > > Burn
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > 
> >