I have this problem on 8.10 beta (kubuntu). Pppoe connection doesn't start automatically at boot.
On 8.04 it mostly works. Sometimes when not, it would't start at all. Those times pppoeconf complained about not founding pppoe access concentrator.
I compared some files of folders /etc/ppp and /etc/network in order to find possible differences between 8.04 and 8.10. Everything else looked similar but one difference in files /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider; in 8.10 two last lines had swapped places compared to 8.04. But changing that didn't make any difference.
I have this problem on 8.10 beta (kubuntu). Pppoe connection doesn't start automatically at boot.
On 8.04 it mostly works. Sometimes when not, it would't start at all. Those times pppoeconf complained about not founding pppoe access concentrator.
I compared some files of folders /etc/ppp and /etc/network in order to find possible differences between 8.04 and 8.10. Everything else looked similar but one difference in files /etc/ppp/ peers/dsl- provider; in 8.10 two last lines had swapped places compared to 8.04. But changing that didn't make any difference.
[url]https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ ADSLPPPoE# Boot issues[/url] didn't help either (modifying /etc/network/ interfaces, that is).
Some hardware info:
Asus P5Q-VM -mainboard
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)