On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:59:15 +0100
"Chris. Aubrey-Smith" <cas194@???> wrote:
> Many thanks for the pointers! I have read, absorbed, digested and
> acted upon the advice.
>
> Here's another oddity: after installing my network printer (Brother
> HL-5250DN, CUPS) a symbol appears which tells me that there is no
> network connection and no network devices have been detected.
> Meanwhile, I'm copying files between nodes and the printer is
> working perfectly.
>
> Why is Debian lying to me? :D
I doubt if it is, it is more likely the gui thingy that sits between
you and the OS.
open a terminal and type ifconfig (as root) and hit enter you should
see something like:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:6E:E6:E1:F8
inet addr:192.168.1.6 Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:6eff:fee6:e1f8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2859736 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2258212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2556916794 (2.3 GiB) TX bytes:260771766 (248.6
MiB)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xe000
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:2138155 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2138155 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1506728840 (1.4 GiB) TX bytes:1506728840 (1.4 GiB)
if you get something like this then all is well
--
John Lewis
Debian (Sid) with the GeneWeb genealogy package
