[Wolves] Network connection issue

Kevanf1 kevanf1 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 29 12:13:09 UTC 2009


2009/11/29 Mo Awkati <mawkati at yahoo.co.uk>:
> Hi folk
>
> I am having problems getting Ubuntu 9.4 to connect automatically to my
> router via the wired Ethernet card. The card is a Nvidia card and has always
> worked well with all Linux distros.
>
> When I check the network connections on the Network Connections options, the
> Auto eth0 has a greyed out "never" against it and I can't change that even
> when I go through the 'edit' options.
>
> The box for the connect automatically is checked
>  the IPv4 setting on automatic (DHCP)
> Available to all users is also checked
> the only thing not checked is the 802.1X security which is not checked, and
> that did not make a difference.
>
> in etc/network/interfaces the following lines appear, is this the problem?
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> should this be auto eth0??
>
>
>
> Any ideas how I can fix this so that it connects automatically?
>
>
> many thanks
>
> Mo
>

Mo.  I'm not the best person for this sort of advice :-)  but I wonder
if you've checked the settings from a 'live' disk?  It may show up
where things have gone wrong.
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