• Bug#267186: netbase: /etc/init.d/networking fails to actually bring up

    From jacob appelbaum@1:229/2 to All on Sat Aug 21 03:10:08 2004
    From: [email protected]

    This is a multi-part MIME message sent by reportbug.

    Package: netbase
    Version: 4.18
    Severity: grave
    Justification: renders package unusable


    Please see attached file.

    -- System Information:
    Debian Release: 3.1
    APT prefers experimental
    APT policy: (995, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable')
    Architecture: i386 (i686)
    Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
    Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

    Versions of packages netbase depends on:
    ii debconf 1.4.30 Debian configuration management sy ii ifupdown 0.6.4-4.10exp1 High level tools to configure netw ii netkit-inetd 0.10-9 The Internet Superserver
    ii netkit-ping [ping] 0.10-9 The ping utility from netkit
    ii tcpd 7.6.dbs-5 Wietse Venema's TCP wrapper utilit

    -- debconf information:
    netbase/spoofprot/pre-2.2-ip: 127.0.0.1/8
    netbase/upgrade-note/etc-network-interfaces-pre-3.17-1:
    netbase/upgrade-note/init.d-split-pre-3.16-1:
    netbase/upgrade-note/radius-ports-pre-3.05:
    netbase/ipv6-hosts: true
    netbase/spoofprot/pre-2.2-interfaces: eth0 eth1 ppp0
    * netbase/spoofprot:
    netbase/upgrade-note/portmap-restart-pre-3.11-2:

    Upon apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade; finishing and a restart of my laptop:

    ssh -vv mephisto@mephisto
    OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 Debian 1:3.8.1p1-6, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
    debug1: Reading configuration data /home/error/.ssh/config
    debug1: Applying options for mephisto
    debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
    debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
    debug1: Connecting to mephisto [64.62.166.246] port 22.
    debug1: connect to address 64.62.166.246 port 22: Network is unreachable
    ssh: connect to host mephisto port 22: Network is unreachable

    To which I see that the network seems to be down.

    _[error@will:~] [Fri Aug 20] [10:33 AM]_
    $ /sbin/ifconfig
    _[error@will:~] [Fri Aug 20] [10:35 AM]_
    $ /sbin/ifconfig -a
    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:00:FB:8A:7A
    BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
    Interrupt:9 Base address:0xa000

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    LOOPBACK MTU:16436 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

    So I attempted to start the networking:
    _[error@will:~] [Fri Aug 20] [10:35 AM]_
    $ sudo -s
    Password:
    root@will:~# /etc/init.d/networking start
    Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter.
    Configuring network interfaces...ifup: failed to stat statefile /etc/network/ifstate: No such file or directory
    done.

    root@will:~#

    So I touched the file:
    root@will:~# touch /etc/network/ifstate
    root@will:~# /etc/init.d/networking start
    Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter.
    Configuring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.1 Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium.
    All rights reserved.
    For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

    Listening on LPF/eth0/00:e0:00:fb:8a:7a
    Sending on LPF/eth0/00:e0:00:fb:8a:7a
    Sending on Socket/fallback
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
    DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.2
    DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
    DHCPACK from 192.168.1.2
    bound to 192.168.1.63 -- renewal in 266732 seconds.
    done.
    root@will:~#

    Networking seems to be working just fine now with the exception of my dns.
    For some reason, dhclient didn't replace the older dns information from the last network I was on. This is curious because it did replace the information before that with the name servers that are currently in the file:

    root@will:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf
    search gateway.2wire.net
    nameserver 172.16.0.1

    Manual editing of this file solves the problem but it's required each time I boot, much like the creation of the /etc/network/ifstate file.


    What's the best way to report this as a bug (ie: which package has the bug?).
    I am sure that once I know which package has the bug (I assume the package is the one that contains the /etc/init.d/networking script) that I can do the rest.

    Thanks in advance.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
  • From Marco d'Itri@1:229/2 to jacob appelbaum on Sat Aug 21 03:30:10 2004
    From: [email protected]

    reassign 267186 ifupdown
    thanks

    On Aug 21, jacob appelbaum <[email protected]> wrote:

    Package: netbase
    Version: 4.18
    Severity: grave
    Justification: renders package unusable


    --
    ciao, |
    Marco | [7612 st8Vx5L/vzBOM]


    --
    To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected]
    with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)