I'm running Debian GNU/Linux unstable on my Notebook which needs to get its configuration via DHCP as it's connected to several networks (home, work, ...).
Since upgrading from dhcp3-client 3.0+3.0.1rc11-4 to 3.0+3.0.1rc11-5 the dhclient stopped working correctly and my network interface isn't brought up anymore. If I do # dhclient eth0 that results amongst other (usual) messages in receive_packet failed on eth0: Network is down and send_packet: Network is down If I first do: # ifconfig eth0 up and then # dhclient eth0 it works. The file /etc/network/interfaces contains the lines auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp which looks ok to me. As mentioned above, with version 3.0+3.0.1rc11-4 it worked. To me, it looks like dhclient previously did the "ifconfig eth0 up" itself, but now expects somebody else to do it, but nobody does. As a result, I have to manually bring up the network (which is annoying) as ifup doesn't do it. Any ideas? -- Stefan Bellon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
