H.S. wrote: > Hi, > > I just dist-upgraded a Dell Inspiron 5160 that was running 2.6.12 kernel > and Debian Unstable. After the upgrade(I recall hotplug was uninstalled > and udev upgraded), the laptop boot process now stalls at the > "Configuring network interfaces ..." step. Any idea what could be the > problem? > > I tried booting into single user mode, but it stalls at the same point. > > Where do I start debugging the problem? > > thanks, > ->HS > >
I was able to boot into Debian Unstable by making a change using a Knoppix boot cd. I had guessnet based setup in the laptop (the guessnet interfaces file is listed in the PS below). At boot time, something seemed to be going wrong with that. So I booted using Knoppix, mounted the / partition and changed the /etc/network/interfaces so that eth0 was using dhcp protocol (without using guessnet). I was then able to boot into Debian Unstable without any problems. But when I tried to use my "interfaces" file which used guessnet scripts, the problem came back again and the machine stalled/hanged. Rebooting the machine again gave a stall or hang at "Configuring network interfaces ..." step. And reverting back to the dhcp protocal for eth0 worked. Anybody has any idea why guessnet would give me this problem? I have: dhcp3-client 3.0.3-5 DHCP Client dhcp3-common 3.0.3-5 Common files used by all the dhcp3* packages guessnet 0.36-1 Guess which LAN a network device is connecte thanks, ->HS PS: In /etc/network, I have multiple interface files: # ls -1 interfaces* interfaces interfaces.guessnet interfaces.home-dhcp interfaces.home-static interfaces.pharma where "interfaces" is a soft link to one of the other files. I had this pointing to interfaces.guessnet so far (Other files were used before I started using guessnet, and when I used each one depending where my laptop was). Here is my guessnet based file (some IP address are masked below): ################################################################## ~# cat /etc/network/interfaces.guessnet # 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 iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 mapping eth0 script /usr/sbin/guessnet-ifupdown map homedlink homelinux pharmalan map default: homelinux iface homedlink inet static address 192.168.1.14 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 dns-nameservers x.y.z.q up /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh start test-peer address 192.168.1.1 source 192.168.1.14 iface homelinux inet dhcp up /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh start down /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh stop #test-peer address 192.168.0.1 iface pharmalan inet static address aa.bb.cc.dd netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway aa.bb.cc.ff dns-nameservers aa.bb.cc.11 aa.bb.cc.22 up /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh start down /etc/firewall/fw-desktop-multi-nics.sh stop test-peer address aa.bb.cc.ff source aa.bb.cc.dd ################################################################## -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]