Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:06:06 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alastair Stevens <> | Subject | Re: routing messages [was Athlon SMP blues] |
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> setup on my machine got screwed by a weird interaction between a missing > kernel config option and the user space tools used by the network setup > scripts. Before, I never had a usage for the "Routing Messages" option > in the "Networking Options" kernel configuration. But now, if I don't > enable it, than the ip utility isn't able to correctly determine the > network interfaces, hence the network setup script fails and even the > loopback interface isn't setup correctly. This way no usable network > connection is available and the login get screwed totally.
Yes, I experienced exactly this problem yesterday. The login hangups were *not* to do with kernel problems, or overheating, but merely the 'gpm' service trying to play with a non-existent mouse.
After booting the system into Red Hat's canned 2.4.9-13smp, I compiled 2.4.15-pre4 [in about 2.5 minutes :) ] and rebooted. The machine came up, but the networking was totally screwed. I rebuilt the kernel, adding several more config options in the networking section (including "Routing Messages", and it works beautifully now.
I've since built 2.4.15-pre5, which is also fine. Presumably, this patch has also fixed most of the merge bugs in -pre4? I had problems building -pre4 on other machines.
Cheers Alastair
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Alastair Stevens \ \ MRC Biostatistics Unit \ \___________ 01223 330383 Cambridge UK \___ www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
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