Bug#57281: base: Network parameters are changed when dselect comes up the first time.
reassign 57281 modconf
severity 57281 fixed
thanks
This was a modconf bug that has already been fixed in the latest version in
modconf/boot floppies. Please test boot floppies versions >=2.2.6
randolph
In reference to a message from Clyde Wilson, dated Feb 07:
>
> Package: base
> Version: 20000207
> Severity: important
>
> I downloaded the boot and root disks, the driver.tgz and base.tgz files.
> I installed the module 3c590 and the system accepted my network
> parameters. When the system rebooted itself it could not find my
> ethernet card and the parameters in /etc/init.d/network had defaulted
> back to 192.168.1.1, etc. I ran modconf and it showed that 3c590 had
> never been installed. I reinstalled it, and changed /etc/init.d/network
> to the correct parameters. Now everything works fine.
>
> This did not occur on the January 3, 2000 release of Potato which was
> installed in the same way. The above happened with the files from the
> January 27, 2000 release. I repeated the install a week later and
> got the same results.
>
> Clyde Wilson <clydew@clydew.net>
>
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: 2.2
> Kernel Version: Linux Spock 2.2.14 #1 Sun Jan 16 13:48:57 EST 2000 i686
> unknown
>
>
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