Re: [tlug] daemon daze

["Micheal E. Cooper" <mcooper@??>]

Chris BALUTA wrote:
>    Occasionally when booting my laptop (which is running Fedora,
> w/kernel version 2.4) I forget to plug into to my ethernet
> connection. This results in a bootup message of:
>
>  "Bringing up interface eth0: ......  [ FAILED ]"
>
>    Not being terribly linux saavy, I've always just (1)shut down,
> (2) plugged in, and (3) rebooted.
>
>    Am I correct in assuming that there is a daemon somewhere
> that I can reboot/restart, so that I can skip step (1) here,
> plug in, then change step (3) to "restart daemon"??
>
>    -Chris
>
>   
It's not a daemon. The cable might not be plugged in, or the network
interface card might not be correctly configured. Either way, it cannot
use your ethernet card. If the plug is out, you can plug it in after
booting and then do:
ifup eth0

I think.... Please forgive me for not being more helpful.