ubuntu network not auto-starting

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 22:04 -0700, David wrote:
> ----- "Craig White" <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> > ----
> > noobness notwithstanding...
> > 
> > what happens when you do...
> > 
> > ifup eth1
> > 
> > Craig
> > 
> 
> D'oh!  I knew I forgot to add something.   I can manually start both interfaces just fine, with no errors.
> 
> ifup eth1
> ifup eth2
> 
> Neither comes up at boot, though.  Does ubuntu have different 'definitions' of runlevels?  i.e. is runlevel 2 for ubuntu
> the same as runlevel 3 for redhat, etc?  I'm beginning to wonder if thats what the problem is. 
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I don't know what the specifics are for ubuntu but in Fedora/Red Hat
parlance, ifcfg-ethX would have a line...

ONBOOT=yes

which signifies that the interface is automatically started at boot.
Perhaps your runlevel notions are correct but your configuration needs
this or something similar

Craig