it�s the autoconfigure of knoppix....

do this:


run "sudo netcardconfig" from a shell.

fill your values... after finished it tells you a shell setence:

"ifconfig something somthing something"

copy this string to the clipboard and open the file "/etc/init.d/networking" in your editor.

find the section that makes the "start" function.
at the end of the "start" section you find a line " echo"done."; "
paste the string from the clipboard right after this line and save the file.

you are done.