"lost carrier" msg w/ ifconfig (was: X display damaged after ifconfig)

[Ingolf Koch <ingolf%knuut.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 09:00:03PM +0200, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 11:13:55PM +0200, Ingolf Koch wrote:
> > It is always "le0: lost carrier" which appears for each
> > ifconfig le0 call which _sets_ an IP address (deleting
> > an address is ok). le0 is an Ariadne I with 10BaseT
> > connection to a hub which is powered on.
> 
> Set to media autodetect, maybe?

It is autoselect at the moment. Explicitly using "media
10baseT" when setting the IP address, does not change the
behaviour.

BTW, is there really something like a carrier for 10base2
(i.e. the _unused_ interface of the card)?

    Ingolf
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