[GTALUG] Network down after reboot

[William Witteman]

On 31 May 2016 at 00:29, El Fontanero <el.fontanero at gmail.com> wrote:

>> On 30/05/16 11:38 PM, William Witteman wrote:
>> >
>> > I haven't changed /etc/network/interfaces in forever, but ifconfig -a
>> > shows that eth0 is not being configured, and if down eth0 confirms it.
>
> Do you have a fairly explicit setup in /etc/network/interfaces, or did the
> helpful-but-rather-secretive Gnome Network Mangler offer to do everything?
> I tend to set up wired Ethernet explicitly, but let Gnome or whatever have
> its way with a wireless interface, if applicable...  At least it stays out
> of the way if you have specified a system-wide network setup.

I have always set up networking in a text file - very explicitly.  I
thought that something Gnome-y had wormed its way in there and
"helped".

However, I have a partial solution - I ran an "ifup eth0", and I have
a network again.  What I wonder now is why isn't that happening when I
boot up?