Problem configuring network

John Whitley jrw at gwsevern.co.uk
Wed Apr 11 08:53:57 UTC 2007


Knute Johnson wrote:
> I've got an FC6 box that I'm having some trouble getting the network 
> configured correctly.  I keep getting the error below when eth0 is 
> started.  This happens on reboot or if I attempt to restart the 
> network.    Networking works but I keep getting the error message.  
> Any ideas where I've gone wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> knute...
>
> [root at knute knute]# /sbin/service network restart
> Shutting down interface eth0:                              [  OK  ]
> Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
> SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> Bringing up loopback interface:                            [  OK  ]
> Bringing up interface eth0:  sysfs class device: Permission denied
> Error, some other host already uses address 192.168.3.5.
>                                                            [FAILED]
>
> [root at knute knute]# cat /etc/hosts
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> ::1     localhost.localdomain   localhost
> 192.168.3.5     knute.sagebrush.frazmtn.com     knute
>
> [root at knute default]# cat ifcfg-eth0
> # Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=none
> HWADDR=00:13:72:14:19:35
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> USERCTL=no
> IPV6INIT=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> IPADDR=192.168.3.5
> GATEWAY=192.168.3.1
>
I have the same problem since my last update yesterday.

/sbin/service network restart  gives problem with selinux issue reported 
in /var/log/messages

ifdown eth0
ifup eth0   works

Regards

John Whitley

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