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Bug 26027 - When the command "ifconfig" is run after booting gentoo-basic-1.4-20030803.iso on a Thinkpad T23 it hangs that console.
Summary: When the command "ifconfig" is run after booting gentoo-basic-1.4-20030803.is...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Daniel Drake (RETIRED)
URL:
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Keywords:
: 26091 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2003-08-06 01:17 UTC by xyzzy
Modified: 2005-03-25 11:24 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description xyzzy 2003-08-06 01:17:54 UTC
ISO has proper md5sum. Old 1.4_RC4 stage 1 CD works
(gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4.iso). P3 GRP CD 1 works
(pentium3-1.4-20030801-cd1.iso). When I boot the 1.4 boot CD
(gentoo-basic-1.4-20030803.iso) the root prompt comes up. Ping works. If I type
"ifconfig" the console freezes. CTRL+C does nothing. CTRL+Z does nothing. I can
switch to another console. The laptop is an IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478SU. The
NIC is an Intel Pro 100. The driver is eepro100. No kernel options were passed.
DHCP is being used.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot CD.
2. Type "ifconfig".
3.

Actual Results:  
Ifconfig hangs. CTRL+C or X will not return control. Nothing from ifconfig is
printed out to the console.

Expected Results:  
It should list the regular ifconfig output.
Comment 1 Brian Jackson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-08-06 18:24:19 UTC
*** Bug 26091 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Brian Downey 2003-08-08 06:48:22 UTC
The offender seems to be the "hotplug" service.  Disabling hotplug from the kernel boot (e.g. 
"gentoo nohotplug" allows ifconfig, dhcpcd, net-setup, etc.  to work just fine.
Comment 3 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-10-09 19:01:55 UTC
old bug, reopen if necessary
Comment 4 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-03-25 11:24:34 UTC
Moving these so we can remove the "Install CD" component from "Gentoo Linux".

I apologize to everyone for this spam, but according to the bugzilla developers,
this is the only reasonable way to do this.