Internet Access has been knobbled

[Gary Taig]

Many thanks for the comments, Liam,

Yes, eth0 is not working but the question is why

AND

why does FireFox always start in the "offline" state?

I think the system has been hit by an atom bomb.


I've gone browsing and found a file removed|missing|hidden


under etc/NetworkManager/system-connections there used to be a file named Auto eth0

but it is just a name now, an empty spot|hidden file that clearly contained commands or settings.


It has a big X before the filename... clearly identifying it as Read Only (or hidden?)

The file is/was 410 bytes and file type is shown as unknown.

It was modified fairly recently.


Clearly hit by the same atom bomb that's affecting FireFox.


Can someone tell me how to rename or delete that thing that used to be a file

OR

How to change|remove its Read Only status

AND

tell me what the content should be, so that I can replace it?


Also,  if  'they' managed to get at eth0, what else can I expect to find?


Help much appreciated

GT


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Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2017 12:57 AM
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Subject: Re: Internet Access has been knobbled

On 22 March 2017 at 14:53, Gary Taig <taig at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
> On an old machine (10.04), from which I wish to collect (forward) all my old
> email, I'm finding things have changed.  When I start the old Firestarter,
> it reports "ETH0 is not ready".


It's telling you right there in the first line. What more do you want?

It says: Eth0 is not ready.

That means it's not ready. This is not weird jargon.

Look at the 2 reports from ipconfig. What is different? Eth0 has no IP
address. Loopback does.

So, you've disabled the connection between your PC and the router or
whatever device on your network is handling DHCP and your Ethernet
port isn't getting an IP address. Without that, TCP/IP won't work.

So it's telling you: it's not ready.

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