Strange problem with server
I have a strange problem with my server lately running woody. It refuses to
deconfigure the network during halt/reboot. It just freezes. I tracked the
problem down to ifdown -a testing it on a running system. As soon as it
takes down lo not much is possible anymore. In fact ifdown calls run-parts
after taking teh device down and freezes right there. I can still run some
commands like ls but not ps anymore. Also login won't work.
This morning the machine stopped during boot time while configuring the
network. I brought it back up in emergency mode commented out the network
code and it booted like usual. Trying to configure the network with ifup -a
it showed the same symptoms as with ifdown -a. But a simple ifconfig lo up
worked.
Somehow I managed to install a new kernel with unix domain sockets not as a
module but build into the kernel (could this be the reason?) and now the
machine booted well again. I have yet to try the reboot.
I think the problem started when we switched to kernel 2.4. Actually I'm
running 2.4.5. The kernel config is essantially the same for months (no, I
don't know why the unix domain socket stuff was ever build as a module,
maybe just a typo).
Any idea what could be going on?
Michael
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