On Jan 20 2013 9:43 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 1/20/2013 6:21 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: >> <...> > >> I was able to get a working system by deleting all existing lease >> files in /var/lib/dhcp/ and by forcing broadcast responses from the >> dhcp server (put "always-broadcast on;" in the BeagleBone host >> declaration). >> >> Further testing showed simply deleting the existing leases from >> /var/lib/dhcp/ seems to work as well, but I thought I had tested >> this >> prior to adding the always-broadcast flag to the host stanza and >> found >> it still failed (I really should take better notes). There could >> also >> have been some issues related to leases on the dhcp server, which I >> didn't try to flush. >> >> Anyway, if you have run into this issue, see if deleting the exiting >> lease file(s) fixes things up. >> >> I am currently running *WITHOUT* the always-broadcast flag, and >> don't >> seem to be having problems. >> > > Yes, Charles, deleting the lease files seems sufficient here too. A > configuration that had been reliably locking up in 2-1/2 minutes is > still up after 15m. Thanks. > > I could have sworn that I tested this hypothesis weeks ago, having > been > sensitized to the existence of the lease files by the inadvertent > inclusion of such in Michael's initial distribution. Convinced that > the > problem must lie elsewhere, I jumped on my horse and rode off in all > directions. > > Like you say, I really should take better notes.
It sounds like this condition should be checked for in the scripts and/or code -- there are a number of conditions where stale files can be left around (although one would hope that this would be taken care of on bootup). EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
