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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