[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Are their networking changes in regard to 2.1.* kernels?



On Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:11:28 EDT Shaya Potter (spotter@itd.nrl.navy.mi
l) wrote:

> I just got a chance to get a spare machine to try out the 2.1 series
> kernels, well I decided to go with 2.1.45, and everything seems to work
> ok, except that when ever I boot up, I get the error
> 
> SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument
> 
> When the /etc/init.d/network script is run to ifconfig the ethernet
> device.  I assume this is because some options changed with the 2.1
> series.  Where can I find info on the "new" syntax, or did I do something
> wrong.

The route command became very picky with 2.1.x. Add all the options to the route command (netmask, broadcast). They were automagically computed before.

Phil.



--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . 
Trouble?  e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .


Reply to: