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Re: network problem while upgrading kernel
- To: Noam Meltzer <tsnoam(at-nospam)zahav.net.il>, linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il
- Subject: Re: network problem while upgrading kernel
- From: Sagi Bashari <sagi(at-nospam)boom.org.il>
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 23:46:14 +0200
- Delivered-To: linux.org.il-linux-il@linux.org.il
- In-Reply-To: <20011117225113.2173477b.tsnoam@zahav.net.il>
- References: <20011117225113.2173477b.tsnoam@zahav.net.il>
- Sender: linux-il-bounce(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il
Hi Noam,
Enable RTNETLINK in your kernel config (Networking options->Routing messages).
RedHat 7.2 needs it as it uses iproute2 and not the normal route.
Sagi
On Saturday 17 November 2001 22:51, Noam Meltzer wrote:
> Hi!
> I was trying to upgrade to a newer kernel in redhat 7.2 (at the beginning
> to 2.4.13 and l8er to 2.4.14). The compiling went smoothly and everything
> works just fine, except of one thing: The network scripts don't bring up
> the interfaces correctly.
> what happens is that i get this error message:
>
> Cannot send dump request: Connection refused
>
> and then the network interfaces come up but without any IP and no entry in
> the routing table.
>
> I have attached here a file with a demonstration of what happens while i
> try to start the network and what are the results. (better look at it at
> this phase)
>
> Now, after the network "came up" i can bring up an IP for the interfaces
> manually (and it works), and then i have two options: 1- add a default
> gateway by my self.
> 2- do "/etc/init.d/network start" and let it add my default gateway to the
> routing table. but no matter what i will do - i can't add the route entry
> of the loopback network (127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U
> 0 0 0 lo)
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