Some bugs

[Alexander Kirillov]

Frank Schafer Wrote: 
> Hi,

> 

> ------------------------------- ONE --------------------------------

> If I boot my computer with the network settings <eth0 inet dhcp> on a

> network without an active dhcp server I get

> 

> during doot:

> 

> ....

> Setting up network interfaces		[OK]

> ....

> 

> after login network-admin reports that eth0 is configured and active.

> A typical user (human being) is probably considering a configured and

> active network interface to be a FUNCTIONAL network interface.

> If I (what a typical user won't do) open a terminal and run
> ``ifconfig''

> I see that the interface doesn't have an IP address.

> 

> Consider this to be a bug.

> 

> I had a look into /etc/network and found some strange settings

> in /etc/network/interfaces. Can anyone give me a hint how this is
> meant

> and where to investigate further?

> 



See this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=32361


-- 
Alexander Kirillov