Re: ifupdown: boot console says 'Failed to start Raise network interfaces' yet interface is up

[Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Hi Thomas,

yes, had this problem some time ago, but forgot about the reason. I believe, 
it was something with my network settings and network-manager.
Your interfaces looks strange, is this correct? See my comments at your 
configuration, but maybe I am wrong:
> Anybody else seen this?  (Submitted as Bug#834376)

> 
> --------- /etc/network/interfaces ------------
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> 
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo eth0
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> 	address 192.168.3.111
> 	netmask 255.255.240.000
> 	network 192.168.0.0
> 	broadcast 192.168.15.255
> 	gateway 192.168.1.1
> 
Shouldn't it be so?
network 192.168.3.0 
broadcast 192.168.3.255
gateway 192.168.3.1

Looks somehow weired for me, but on the other side I do not know your 
environment, of course, and maybe your settings are correct.

Good luck!

Hans