about X on intel 845G , sudo and ifconfig in Ubuntu

Thomas Kaiser thomas at kaiser.linux-site.net
Tue May 10 17:24:05 UTC 2005


> The third problem is in the graphic environment of ubuntu ( Gnome ) , I
> could not find out the way to config my IP address --> have to use
> ifconfig . But my company force people use DHCP --> how could I get the
> IP by DHCP server ?

In Gnome (Hoary): System->Administration->Networking

The Debian/Ubuntu way on the command line:
edit /etc/network/interfaces

Put a this in:

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

issue: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

and you should get the ip via DHCP

Regards, Thomas




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