[arch-dev-public] [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.30-3

[Tobias Powalowski]

Am Montag 15 Juni 2009 schrieb Eric Bélanger:
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Tobias Powalowski<t.powa at gmx.de> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > kernel26-2.6.30-3
> > please signoff, both arches.
>
> I'm having network problems (x86_64, forcedeth driver) with the kernel
> in testing. Upon boot up, netcfg fails to start the network. I just
> get a "- No connection" error message. After the system boot is
> completed, restarting net-profiles still fails. I have noticed that if
> I disconnect and reconnect the ethernet cables, restarting the daemon
> succeeds and network is working fine.  This happened with both -2 and
> -3 kernels. Does anyone knows what might be causing this? Does anyone
> else is experiencing this?
>
> BTW, the kernel works fine on my i686.
>
> Eric
Could it be that the new netcfg scripts are a bit buggy here, my custom bridge 
script fails too with the same error.
Digging a bit in netcfg code shows it uses ip link | grep UP which is not 
working here it says UNKNOWN, maybe James can enlighten us more.

greetings
tpowa
-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa at archlinux.org
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