problems with networking on boot
I am having problems getting networking to start up on boot. I can get
it running manually, but it seems like there is an interface problem
between ifup/down and ifconfig.
I am running net-tools (ifconfig) 1.60.8 and ifupdown 0.6.4-4.6 but have
also tried this with net-tools 1.60.4 and ifupdown 0.5.4-4
After bootingthe system, there are no network interfaces setup. If I
manually run ifup -av I get the following output:
Configuring interface lo=lo (inet)
run-parts /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
ifconfig: only one address allowed for interface `lo'
Usage: ifconfig [OPTION]... [SYSTEM OPTION]...
Try `ifconfig --help' for more information.
Configuring interface eth0=eth0 (inet)
run-parts /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
pump -i eth0
run-parts /etc/network/if-up.d
However networking comes up fine if I issue the commands:
ifconfig lo up 127.0.0.1
pump -i eth0
Similarly, if I try ifdown -av I get:
Configuring interface lo=lo (inet)
run-parts /etc/network/if-down.d
ifconfig lo down
ifconfig: can not resolve `down': Unknown host
Configuring interface eth0=eth0 (inet)
run-parts /etc/network/if-down.d
pump -i eth0 -k
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig: can not resolve `down': Host name lookup failure
With regards to the boot sequence, in /etc/rcS.d I have:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Dec 8 07:31 /etc/rcS.d/S40ifupdown -> ../init.d/ifupdown
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 8 07:31 /etc/rcS.d/S40networking -> ../init.d/networking
I tried searching bugs and the changelogs for ifconfig and ifupdown and
the forum archives but didn't see anything relavent.
Anyone have any ideas where/what to look at next.
TIA,
Lou
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