On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:29:46 +1100
Ralph Ronnquist via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> On 16/02 03:24, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My ultimate goal is to have a Devuan VM guest on my Void Linux Daily
> > Driver Desktop (DDD) that acts like just another metal computer on
> > my LAN at 192.168.0.0/24. I want it to have address 192.168.0.66.
> > I've tried to do this sporadically over the past 2 years, never
> > with success. ...
> >
> > I tried setting the VM guest's /etc/network/interfaces to static
> > with address 192.168.0.66, with the gateway, netmask etc set
> > accordingly, but after doing that, ip addr on the VM showed no IP
> > address at all.
>
> It all looks fine, and static setup should work. Possibly you left out
> the "auto eth0" or "allow-hotplug eth0" line?

Thanks Ralph,

I had left them both out, but putting them in didn't change the
symptom. I tried with only auto eth0, and that didn't change the
symptom either.

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt
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