Re: start up script trouble

[Jochen Friedrich <jochen@scram.de>]

Hi jmt,

> I am trying to configure ipv6 on a machine.
> Networking is started at boot time by the script /etc/init.d/networking
>
> If I do a ifconfig, I get for eth0 only the ipv4 address and the link local
> ipv6 address (fe80:: ...)
> To enable eth0 with its static address, I have to put this interface down and
> up again with ifup.
>
> Do I have  to write a special startup script for using ip6 ?

I think in your configuration, the ipv6 module is loaded after
/etc/init.d/networking is executed during boot. Adding ipv6 to
/etc/modules should fix the problem.

Thanks,
Jochen