On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 12:55:53AM +0100, Frederic Lehobey wrote: > Yes, but the real cause of the problem is (with a standard etch > installation and kernel) that at the time the ipv6 interface is > brought up, the ipv6 module is not yet loaded in the kernel (it seems > to be loaded *later* in the boot sequence). > The error message I see after (with invoke-rc.d networking restart) > seems to be only a consequence of the original failure. [...] > I am still puzzled with what I should do with respect to this > problem. Is it a bug for the kernel? For ifupdown? Or for 'general'? > (If I do not mistake, ipv6 is a release goal.) (And the problem is not > new as it was the same in sarge actually.) The best place for it is prolly /etc/modules, created by debian-installer during the insatll. Rootskel contains the file, and hw-detect populates it. (Or so it seems) So I'd put it as a bug against rootskel, so it can be default installed like 'loop' appears to be... Being a Release Goal [1], it's severity important or higher. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/07/msg00005.html -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, B.Sc, LPI, MCSE On-hiatus Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) Paul.Hampson@Pobox.Com Of course Pacman didn't influence us as kids. If it did, we'd be running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and listening to repetitive music. -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.1/au/ -----------------------------------------------------------
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