[mythtv-users] eth0 on Acer Revo 1600 doesn't grab an address at boot

[Jerry Rubinow]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Scott Alfter <scott at alfter.us> wrote:

> There's been lots of talk of these machines here as cheap HD-capable
> frontends, so I picked one up a couple weeks ago.  At first, I threw
> Mythbuntu on it to give it a shot.  It played recordings and movies
> reasonably well, but there was one snag: on reboot, the network interface
> wouldn't come up.  Logging in at the console and issuing
> "/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart" (or whatever the equivalent is on Mythbuntu)
> would get it running, as would stopping and restarting from the appropriate
> icon in the system tray.  I'd like to eventually deploy the box with just a
> remote control (probably the Playstation 3 Bluetooth remote, as it and
> Bluetooth dongles are both cheap), so this could be a bit of a problem.
>
> Thinking maybe it was something weird with Mythbuntu, I blew that off the
> system and started installing Gentoo (which is what I normally use for Linux
> installs).  It, however, is exhibiting the same behavior: eth0 doesn't come
> up from either a cold start or a reboot.  /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart gets
> it running, but (again) that has to be issued from the console.
>

I have that exact setup and have had no issues with network connectivity.
 Revo 1600, Mythbuntu 9.10, DHCP.  Probably doesn't help you much except to
know that it is possible for this to work properly.

-Jerry
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