Here's the data you requested; I'm sorry it doesn't seem to be of much help (the data in syslog seems to have aged out).
One thing that may have had an impact - drive space was very low during the upgrade and could have conceivably been completely used up at the time. -Rob elm:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.240.0.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.240.0.1 elm:/var/log# zcat /var/log/sysl*gz /var/log/syslog* | grep NetworkManager gzip: /var/log/syslog: not in gzip format gzip: /var/log/syslog.0: not in gzip format elm:~# zcat /var/log/sysl*gz | grep Network ; grep Network /var/log/sysl* elm:~# /etc/init.d/network-manager restart Restarting network connection manager: NetworkManager. elm:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:c0:03:7b:5a inet addr:10.240.0.50 Bcast:10.240.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::201:c0ff:fe03:7b5a/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:638181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:528568 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:230816197 (220.1 MiB) TX bytes:220591085 (210.3 MiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xf800 [...] elm:~# /etc/init.d/network-manager stop Stopping network connection manager: NetworkManager. elm:~# elm:~# elm:~# elm:~# /etc/init.d/network-manager start Starting network connection manager: NetworkManager. elm:~# elm:~# elm:~# elm:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:c0:03:7b:5a inet addr:10.240.0.50 Bcast:10.240.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::201:c0ff:fe03:7b5a/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:638248 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:528622 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:230822279 (220.1 MiB) TX bytes:220598095 (210.3 MiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xf800 -Rob -----Original Message----- From: Michael Biebl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:45 PM To: Frank Lin PIAT; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bug#504918: [Debian Wiki] Update of "NewInLenny" : Upgrade over SSH issue Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > severity 504918 grave > -- > > [BCC Stuart Prescott: "stuart+debian AT nanonanonano net"] > > Hello Stuart, > > (I hope you are the right "Stuart") > > You added the following comment on the wiki page: > > On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 18:27 +0000, Debian Wiki wrote: >> The following page has been changed by StuartPrescott: > [..] >> + * Upgrading over ssh when the connection is managed by NetworkManager can >> lead the upgrade failing/hanging when the NetworkManager service is >> restarted. >> If you are lucky, the ssh connection will not drop out; if you are unlucky, >> the ssh connection will drop out and at the next interactive point in the >> upgrade (e.g. dpkg "replace this file" or debconf) the entire upgrade is >> left in a horrible state. > Two points: - If you have setup a static ip, say for eth0, via /etc/network/interfaces, NM should not manage eth0 and therefore not terminate the connection. - If you use DHCP and NM is managing the interface, it should bring up the device again, when it is successfully restarted. Could you please send me the contents of /etc/network/interfaces. Now that you have upgraded to lenny, what happens if you restart it via /etc/init.d/network-manager? The syslog would also be interesting: grep NetworkManager /var/log/syslog Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?