thanks. that was perfect. :)
Elizabeth Barham wrote: >solutrean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>The title sez it all. here are some particulars: >> >>athlon t-bird 750, all-scsi, 393M RAM, Debian testing. >> >>this is my first post to the list - I apologize for any improper netiquette. >>I googled for this condition, but found nothing. >> >> > >I had this for a while. Lets take a look at what is happening: > >>From /etc/init.d/networking: > > stop) > > [...] > echo -n "Deconfiguring network interfaces: " > ifdown -a > echo "done." > [...] > >>From ifdown(8): > >FILES > /etc/network/interfaces > Descriptions of all the network interfaces the > system has. > > /etc/network/ifstate > Current state of network interfaces. > >In my case, there were interfaces that were not up that ifstate said >were up. Why? Because /etc/rcS.d/S39ifupdown was causing a >segmentation fault. Why? Because I had compiled a newer version of >libstdc++ when using the potato distribution and after upgrading to >woody, applications were using the one I compiled in /usr/local and >not the one that came with woody. Deleting my library in /usr/local/ >most likely cured it although I recall writing a script to do the >following: > >As a quick work-around, try wiping out /etc/network/ifstate and see if >you continue to have the problem (echo -n > /etc/network/ifstate) >right before shutting down. If that works, you might want to add that >to /etc/init.d/networking right before the "ifdown -a" part mentioned >above. > >HTH, > >Elizabeth > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]