Eth0 not active at startup

[Christopher Mocock]

Bob Latham wrote:
> I'm having problems trying to set a static IP address on eth0. I can get
> it to work but it has to be "activated" by hand each time I start the
> machine. There is an option "Activate device when computer starts" but
> although ticked, it appears to do nothing.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

Hi,

I had the same problem the other day and a helpful poster informed me 
that I had to run:

chkconfig network on

from a terminal (as root I believe). This causes the network service to 
be started on each boot. Why it is disabled by default I don't know. I 
was using Fedora 9 so I'm guessing you are too.

Anyway, that did the trick for me.

-- 
Chris Mocock