Hangs up during reboot/shutdown

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 04:14:25PM +0900, Tapas Ranjan wrote:
> Hi :
> 
> >>On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 04:13:07PM +0900, Tapas Ranjan wrote:
> >> Hi :
> >> 	Sometimes the pc hangs up during reboot. When the network is poor,
> >> the eth1 seems to be freezed and even typing "ifconfig" also hangs up. 
> >So 
> >> rebooting the system due to those problem hangs up the system  at 
> >> "shutting down loopback interfaces" or at "iptables". This happens once 
> >in 
> >> 6-7 reboots or so.
> >>  	I am using FC2 with 2.6.8-1.521 ( upgraded from 2.6.5-1.358
> >> through "yum" ). Help from experts is needed. 
> >> 	
> >> 	---Tapas
> 
> >Well, I don't think I qualify, but I'll take a shot at it.
> >
> >Let's start with the /etc/hosts file.  What does yours have in it?  It
> >should look something like mine:
> >
> >127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
> >192.168.2.2     bobcat.bobcatos.com     bobcat
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
> 130.87.228.116	Surya
> 
> This is the static ip used by eth0 (ethernet). For eth1 there is dhcp 
> based ip which varies. I am sorry, if I don't use the proper terminology.

I think that's ok, though normally the second argument is the
fully-qualified hostname.

> >It might also be interesting to see the contents of
> >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1.  Also your
> 
> DEVICE=eth1
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> HWADDR=
> ONBOOT=no
> TYPE=Wireless
> CHANNEL=1
> MODE=Auto
> RATE=Auto
> NETMASK=
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=
> IPADDR=
> DOMAIN=
> USERCTL=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> GATEWAY=
> IPV6INIT=no
> ESSID=
> 
> 
> >/etc/modprobe.conf would be interesting.
> 
> install floppy /bin/true
> alias eth0 b44
> alias eth1 airo_cs
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && 
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> 
> 
> >
> >Out of curiosity, why eth1?  What's going on with eth0?
> 
> Since I used eth0 for ethernet via wire-connection, so eth1.
> 
> 	Thanks 
> 	---Tapas	

Well, I probably can't help much because I've no experience with
wireless NICs.  My guess is that it's hanging because it can't get a
reliable signal.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
Grace happens.