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Lucid : network not started at boot

Asked by Glenn Smith

Since upgrading from Karmic to Lucid using the online upgrade, the network interface is not started
correctly at boot time. Worked 100% under Karmic. HW is PackardBell EasyNote K5266 laptop.
Once booted, the intreface can be activated manually and works fine.
This may be the cause of my other question (Q109608) concerning curlftpfs failure at boot.
Interface card driver = sis900

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Log a bug with the module, you may also want to write a script to be ran from

/etc/rc.local

to run:

rmmod sis900; sleep 5; modprobe sis900

May help

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Glenn Smith (glenn-smith) said : 		#2

I don't understand your post. Where is the best place to look to see why the network isn't started at boot?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok run:

gksudo gedit /usr/bin/sisfix; sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/sisfix

add these 2 lines:

#!/bin/bash
rmmod sis900; sleep 5; modprobe sis900

Save the new file and close gedit, then run:

gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local

add this line right at the bottom

sisfix

Save the new file and close gedit, reboot and see if its nicer

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Glenn Smith (glenn-smith) said : 		#4

Thx. I did one rmmod sis900; sleep 5; modprobe sis900 and the last few reboots the network comes up OK. Other related problem (109608) still not solved, though.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

yes, thats what adding the script will do automatically for you :)