Hi, just in case anyone is interested: the workaround for the problem is not to shutdown the loopback interface at all. I did that by removing its configuration from /etc/network/interfaces and installing a Debian 2.0 style /etc/init.d/network script as /etc/rcS.d/S40network.
This scripts currently contains: ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo Using "ifup lo" instead would probably work if I had removed only the line with "auto lo" and not also the "iface lo inet loopback". Are there any drawbacks in not shutting down the loopback interface? On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 14:11, Patrick Ohly wrote: > Hi, > > I am observing problems shutting down networking > on two recently installed Debian/Woody systems: > a reboot command first stops the portmapper, > then tries to stop networking and just hangs > indefinitely. > > When trying to debug the problem I tried > "/etc/init.d/networking stop", > "ifdown eth0" and finally > "strace -f ifdown eth0" and found that it > repeatedly sends data to port 111 on 127.0.0.1 > via sendto(). Aborting with CTRL-C is possible. > > Is this the correct behaviour? The portmapper > has been stopped already, which (as far as I > can tell) is correct. > > However, starting portmapper and networking > seems to be done in different orders, depending > on the initial run level. Or am I reading /etc/rc?.d > incorrectly: > > $ ls /etc/rc?.d/*networking* /etc/rc?.d/*portmap* > /etc/rc0.d/S10portmap > /etc/rc0.d/S35networking > /etc/rcS.d/S40networking > /etc/rcS.d/S41portmap > /etc/rc6.d/S10portmap > /etc/rc6.d/S35networking > > Both machines have a pretty ordinary > /etc/networking/interfaces: > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address <..> > netmask <..> > gateway <..> > > One machine runs kernel 2.4.16 (as it doesn't work > with 2.2.x), the other can use both, but I think > the problem was independent of the kernel version. > > Any idea? I don't know if this is a configuration > problem, a bug, and (if it is a bug) in which package. > > -- > Freundliche Gruesse / Best Regards > > Patrick Ohly > Software Engineer > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > //// pallas > Pallas GmbH / Hermuelheimer Str. 10 / 50321 Bruehl / Germany > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.pallas.com > Tel +49-2232-1896-30 / Fax +49-2232-1896-29 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Freundliche Gruesse / Best Regards Patrick Ohly Software Engineer -------------------------------------------------------------------- //// pallas Pallas GmbH / Hermuelheimer Str. 10 / 50321 Bruehl / Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.pallas.com Tel +49-2232-1896-30 / Fax +49-2232-1896-29 --------------------------------------------------------------------
