Network problem
Hi,
Has anyone seen this problem before? When I try and enable the network (on bootup) I get error messages. Here is what I get when typing these commands:
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
SIOCSIFADDR: Bad file descriptor
lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor
ifconfig eth0 up
eth0: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor
This is really annoying because the local loopback doesn't work, and obviously I can't get onto the network. Pinging anything (including 127.0.0.1) simply says the network is unreachable.
The modules for the network card seem to load fine. The problem must have stemmed from upgrading some packages to the latest versions (in the unstable distribution) because everything was working fine until I rebooted. I am using kernel 2.4.1 and I've tried using an older kernel but the same things happen, so any suggestions on how to fix this or where to look for problems?
I would be very grateful for any help you could provide,
Jason Davies.
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