my system needs manual network ifup after boot

[Bob Gustafson]

This is the detail on the MAKEDEV difficulties

[root at hoho2 ~]# yum update MAKEDEV
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core 2 - Development Tree
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Resolving dependencies
Dependencies resolved
I will do the following:
[update: MAKEDEV 3.9.1-1.i386]
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages
Running test transaction:
Test transaction complete, Success!
Cannot install the MAKEDEV package: mounted devfs detected.
error: %pre(MAKEDEV-3.9.1-1) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping MAKEDEV-3.9.1-1
Updated:  MAKEDEV 3.9.1-1.i386
Transaction(s) Complete
[root at hoho2 ~]#

BobG

>My system (i686, scsi, ipv4) is not so happy at the moment.
>
>yum update at the moment, but MAKEDEV may or may not be up2date
>%pre message says it cannot install because of /devfs,
>but bottom line message says 'Success' ??
>
>Same messages with 'yum update dev'
>
>Version number of either MAKEDEV or dev was 3.9.1-1.i386
>
>When the boot finally ends and I log in, I needed to manually ifup the eth0
>
>su
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup eth0
>
>If I then go back to user and startx
>
>exit
>startx
>
>My Gnome desktop comes up, but stays up and controllable for about a minute.
>
>I was able to start Mozilla, and start creating a bug report, but then
>after I had almost all of the text typed, all I could move was the mouse
>cursor - everything else was frozen.
>
>Fortunately the code behind the power button has been nicely massaged. A
>single click will put the system into a graceful shutdown.
>
>
>Hope this email will offer some clues.
>
>BobG
>
>
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