Re: re Laptop Does Not See eth0 [RESOLVED]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Glyn Millington wrote:

> To cut it short, he had to upgrade to a 2.6.38 kernel!

   All working. Used the kernel-source-3.2.7.txz and config-generic-3.2.7
from -current/64. Because the default 13.37 kernel is the 'huge' one it
doesn't need an initrd.gz, but the 3.2.7 kernel does.

   Networking via ethernet now works just as it should!! (Probably the
wireless would work here, too, but I've shut down the WAP since I have cable
to the den.)

   All that's left to do is write a shell script she can run that copies
/etc/resolv.conf.home to /etc/resolv.conf for use on the LAN. Each time the
laptop is used at some wifi hot spot it overwrites /etc/resolv.conf so I
need to restore it for use here where we run static IP addresses for the few
hosts on the LAN. A shell script that runs with /etc/sudoers will do the
trick.

   Thank you all for advice, suggestions, comments, and alternatives. Robby's
succinct advice was the most parsimonious and worked.

   Whew! Now I can re-focus on paying work.

Rich