knoppix start up

davholla · 06-14-2005, 03:08 PM

Yesterday I installed knoppix (using it now) and it is fine so far.
I have got all my hardware set up.
There is just one problem my broadband condition, only works if I run as

Code:

./knoppix-autoconfig

from /etc/init.d

Now obviously this is not ideal, anyway to fix this ?

comprookie2000 · 06-14-2005, 03:27 PM

Post /etc/network/interfaces
and as root
ifconfig

davholla · 06-16-2005, 05:06 PM

Code:

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


iface dsl-provider inet ppp
     provider dsl-provider
# please do not modify the following line
     pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf

ifconfig (I removed my internet address).

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:C7:C5:DA:FC
          inet addr:213.162.xxx.23  Bcast:213.162.121.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::208:c7ff:fec5:dafc/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1368 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:877349 (856.7 KiB)  TX bytes:243148 (237.4 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:100 (100.0 b)  TX bytes:100 (100.0 b)

Obviously all this is after running knoppix-autoconfig

comprookie2000 · 06-16-2005, 07:30 PM

From knoppix FAQ;
Q: I have installed to my Hard Drive and how do I connect to internet using DHCP?

A: The harddisk-installed system is a "normal" Debian. You have to add the following lines to /etc/network/interfaces :

* auto eth0
* iface eth0 inet dhcp

re-start the network with /etc/init.d/networking restart to have the changes take effect.
here is the link;
http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Network_..._using_DHCP.3F

davholla · 06-19-2005, 09:47 AM

Thanks that worked

comprookie2000 · 06-19-2005, 09:54 AM

thanks for the update ...

davholla · 06-22-2005, 04:23 PM

Bizarrely it does not work (although i can still manually start the internet)

Code:

root@linux:/etc/network# ls -ltr
total 12
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  45 May 11  2001 options
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  48 May 15  2001 if-down.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  48 Mar 22  2003 if-up.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   0 Jul 27  2004 ifstate.hotplug
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 166 Feb 22 23:32 interfaces-
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  72 May 26 16:29 run
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 176 May 30 17:18 if-pre-up.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 144 May 30 17:18 if-post-down.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 375 Jun 18 17:13 interfaces
root@linux:/etc/network#

Interfaces

Code:

/etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


iface dsl-provider inet ppp
     provider dsl-provider
# please do not modify the following line
     pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
       auto eth0
      iface eth0 inet dhcp
~

interfaces-

Code:

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
# automatically added when upgrading
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

comprookie2000 · 06-22-2005, 04:30 PM

Knoppix is running kudza each time you boot and it may overwrite the file each time.

davholla · 06-23-2005, 03:26 AM

The file has not been over written as the lines I added stay there ie the file is not changed when I reboot.
However I would love to fix this because apart from this knoppix is a wonderful distribution. Installing hardware is a breeze, I am surprised that other debian based distro like Mephis have not used knoppix hardware installation tools.

I think that if Mephis was to use knoppix printer tools etc, it would be perfect.