Re: boot process stalls at "Configuring network interfaces ..."
H.S. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just dist-upgraded a Dell Inspiron 5160 that was running 2.6.12 kernel
> and Debian Unstable. After the upgrade(I recall hotplug was uninstalled
> and udev upgraded), the laptop boot process now stalls at the
> "Configuring network interfaces ..." step. Any idea what could be the
> problem?
>
> I tried booting into single user mode, but it stalls at the same point.
>
> Where do I start debugging the problem?
>
> thanks,
> ->HS
>
>
I was able to boot into Debian Unstable by making a change using a
Knoppix boot cd.
I had guessnet based setup in the laptop (the guessnet interfaces file
is listed in the PS below). At boot time, something seemed to be going
wrong with that. So I booted using Knoppix, mounted the / partition and
changed the /etc/network/interfaces so that eth0 was using dhcp protocol
(without using guessnet). I was then able to boot into Debian Unstable
without any problems.
But when I tried to use my "interfaces" file which used guessnet
scripts, the problem came back again and the machine stalled/hanged.
Rebooting the machine again gave a stall or hang at "Configuring network
interfaces ..." step. And reverting back to the dhcp protocal for eth0
worked.
Anybody has any idea why guessnet would give me this problem?
I have:
dhcp3-client 3.0.3-5 DHCP Client
dhcp3-common 3.0.3-5 Common files used by all the dhcp3* packages
guessnet 0.36-1 Guess which LAN a network device is connecte
thanks,
->HS
PS: In /etc/network, I have multiple interface files:
# ls -1 interfaces*
interfaces
interfaces.guessnet
interfaces.home-dhcp
interfaces.home-static
interfaces.pharma
where "interfaces" is a soft link to one of the other files. I had this
pointing to interfaces.guessnet so far (Other files were used before I
started using guessnet, and when I used each one depending where my
laptop was). Here is my guessnet based file (some IP address are masked
below):
##################################################################
~# cat /etc/network/interfaces.guessnet
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
mapping eth0
script /usr/sbin/guessnet-ifupdown
map homedlink homelinux pharmalan
map default: homelinux
iface homedlink inet static
address 192.168.1.14
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers x.y.z.q
up /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh start
test-peer address 192.168.1.1 source 192.168.1.14
iface homelinux inet dhcp
up /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh start
down /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh stop
#test-peer address 192.168.0.1
iface pharmalan inet static
address aa.bb.cc.dd
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway aa.bb.cc.ff
dns-nameservers aa.bb.cc.11 aa.bb.cc.22
up /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh start
down /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh stop
test-peer address aa.bb.cc.ff source aa.bb.cc.dd
##################################################################
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