On Wednesday 15 June 2005 22:12, Kent West wrote: ... > > I can't understand why your /etc/network/interfaces file is being > ignored. It makes no sense to me. Maybe the permissions on the file?
It is not being ignored - the ifupdown script is using it, but getting the error message back from the kernel (I think that is what the "RTNETLINK answers" message is about. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk:> ls -l /etc/network/interfaces > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 410 2004-11-12 20:37 /etc/network/interfaces [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -l /etc/network/interfaces -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 268 2005-06-15 18:24 /etc/network/interfaces > > Do you have another kernel you can try? I am currently running 2.6.11, but I can dual boot into 2.6.8 and this has the same problem. > > Do you have a LiveCD you can try? I have the Gnome 2.10 live CD - based on ubuntu - based on debian? When I loaded that it assigned, via dhcp, the correct ip address (ie 192.168.0.21) So in summary we now have 1) Boot via live CD - works perfectly 2) Manually configure static ip address via manual ifconfig and route commands - works perfectly 3) Any attempt to use ifup command fails (this is what the /etc/init.d/networking and /etc/network/interfaces interaction uses). -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
