Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?]

From	Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?]
Date	2017-04-26 14:40 +0200
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On Wed 26 Apr 2017 at 07:17:11 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On 04/25/2017 08:17 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >On 04/24/2017 04:12 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
> >>On 24/04/17 22:58, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>>If there were user accessible registers with a running total of
> >>>uploaded/downloaded data since device power on would be almost ideal
> >>>granularity.
> >>
> >>Is ifconfig available on a console during installation?
> >
> >I can not check at the moment.
> 
> I attempted to check this morning using
>   debian-stretch-DI-rc3-i386-netinst.iso
> 
> I did an install using expert mode, not selecting any GUI.
> At several points during the install I did Alt-F2 to bring up a terminal to
> attempt running ifconfig.
> 
> "Command not found" was the uniform response.
> I booted the new install and attempted as root to run ifconfig.
> I again got "Command not found".
> That seemed odd.
> 
> Having previously done an install using the same ISO and having selected the
> MATE desktop, I repeated the above with the same error.
> 
> I have no problem running ifconfig under Squeeze (8.6.0).
> 
> Is it "bug" or "operator error"?

Let us see how a reasonably experienced user could have investigated the
cause. The package which provides ifconfig can be found from 'dpkg -S'
on a machine which has it. Or from the packages page on the Debian web
site,

The ISO can be opened up (I use mc) and the /pool/main directory entered.
Go to "n". See it? No? Not a bug, then.

-- 
Brian.

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Measuring aggregate internet useage? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-23 12:30 +0200
  Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-04-24 11:40 +0200
    Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-24 13:00 +0200
      Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-24 13:20 +0200
      Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-04-24 13:20 +0200
      Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage? Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-04-24 23:20 +0200
        Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-25 15:20 +0200
          BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-26 14:20 +0200
            Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-04-26 14:30 +0200
              Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-04-26 14:40 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-04-26 15:00 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-04-26 15:40 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-26 16:40 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2017-04-26 17:10 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-04-26 17:40 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-04-26 17:10 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-26 22:30 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-04-27 08:50 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-04-27 20:30 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-01 21:00 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-01 20:40 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-01 20:20 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-05-01 20:50 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-01 21:40 +0200
            Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-04-26 14:40 +0200
              Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-04-26 16:10 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-04-26 16:20 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-04-26 16:30 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-04-26 16:40 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-04-26 18:00 +0200
                Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-04-26 16:40 +0200
            Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet  useage?] Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2017-04-26 14:40 +0200

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