On 2007-07-02 23:16:22 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > This doesn't work. Probably a kernel problem then. I've reported > > the bug. > > I doubt this would be related to the kernel in any way. Since this > works for other people I can only assume that something specific to > your system is messed up. You will need to debug it. Sorry but that > is the best advice I can give.
OK, I confirm that this is a problem with pump (its man page sucks and I didn't know how it should have behaved) on this particular machine. But then, I don't see why I should use 'allow-hotplug eth0' instead of 'auto eth0'. > Normally a dhcp client will retry. This is true of both dhcp3 and > pump. On my laptop, when I type "pump -i eth0" (the device exists but is down and not connected), I get the error message "Operation failed." (as expected), but "pump -i eth0" is still shown by ps. So, this confirms what you are saying. But on the other machine (on which I have the problem I mentioned at the beginning of this thread), when I type "pump -i eth1" (again, the device exists but is down and not connected), I also get the error message "Operation failed." as expected, but "pump -i eth1" is no longer running. I think this can explain my problem if it can be confirmed on eth0 too (I'll have to try that). Note: I do not have a /etc/pump.conf file on any machine. > There should messages in the /var/log/syslog file with some > information about what is happening. I just have: Jul 3 14:11:22 vin pumpd[2478]: PUMP: sending discover And on June 28/29, /var/log/syslog doesn't show anything about pumpd at the time the Ethernet cable was disconnected. > Hmm... I have had problems with pump in the past and recommend dhcp3. > Basically dhcp3 is the ISC code and pump is the Red Hat code. In my > experience people coming from Red Hat to Debian usually prefer pump > because it is what they know. In particular, this was a discussion in debian-user-french in June 2004, so with Debian users. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]