On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 15:52 +0100, Christopher Mocock wrote:
Bob Latham wrote:
> I'm having problems trying to set a static IP address on eth0. I can get
> it to work but it has to be "activated" by hand each time I start the
> machine. There is an option "Activate device when computer starts" but
> although ticked, it appears to do nothing.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Hi,
I had the same problem the other day and a helpful poster informed me
that I had to run:
chkconfig network on
from a terminal (as root I believe). This causes the network service to
be started on each boot. Why it is disabled by default I don't know. I
was using Fedora 9 so I'm guessing you are too.
Because in F9 the network is managed by Network Manager (and Network
Manager Dispatcher) which is a different set of scripts. Presumably the
OP's NM config wasn't set up to manage the eth0 interface.
If you click on the System->Administration->Services menu in Gnome,
you'll see NM at the top and network farther down. It's OK to use one or
the other, just don't mix them.
poc