Bug 29512 – Multiple Network Configuration Instructions Incorrect

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description Matt Seibert 2003-09-24 06:59:20 UTC]

In the installation guide, section 21.3 reads as follows
   # cd /etc/init.d
   # ln -s net.eth0 net.ethx
   Only for non-PCMCIA network cards:
   # rc-update add net.ethx default

However, doing this (on my Athlon-XP machine) over the weekend produced a boot-
time error message that repeated twice saying
   net.eth0 already started

If I change the above to be the following
    # cd /etc/init.d
    # cp net.eth0 net.ethx
    Only for non-PCMCIA network cards:
    # rc-update add net.ethx default

I now get all three of my interfaces and no boot time errors or warnings about 
multiple net.eth0 starts.

I beleive that this documentation is, therefor, invalid, OR the rc-update 
proecessor is (instead of looking at the argumnet you pass it) resolving BACK 
through links to the original filename and storing that which is NOT what (I 
beleive) you are looking for

[Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-09-24 07:43:14 UTC]

mcummings, any idea why this is?

[Comment 2 Michael Cummings (RETIRED) 2003-09-24 09:30:24 UTC]

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that it is looking at the actual file (following the symlink chain and reading the filename from the "real" file) - but I'm no expert on the runscript.sh 

Swift - just out of curiosity, why are you pinging me on this?

[Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-09-25 08:42:09 UTC]

Aren't you in charge of baselayout?

[Comment 4 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-10-18 11:46:54 UTC]

My error, azarah is the baselayout victim :) Azarah, can you take a look
at this? 

[Comment 5 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-10-18 12:50:58 UTC]

*** Bug 31008 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 6 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-10-31 13:53:37 UTC]

Dunno, seems fine over here.  Guess the obvious question is what version
of baselayout are being used ?

---
nosferatu init.d # ln -s net.eth0 net.eth1
nosferatu init.d # /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start
 * Please make sure that /etc/conf.d/net has $iface_eth1 set
nosferatu init.d # ./net.eth1 start
 * Please make sure that /etc/conf.d/net has $iface_eth1 set
nosferatu init.d # ls -l net.eth?
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4966 Oct 26 18:09 net.eth0
lrwxr-xr-x    1 root     root            8 Oct 31 23:52 net.eth1 -> net.eth0
nosferatu init.d #

[Comment 7 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-11-01 06:57:53 UTC]

Okay, I'll mark this as WORKSFORME.

[Comment 8 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-11-01 07:59:31 UTC]

Don't if its not.  I am not saying it is, and yes, the change to fix it
was recent, so if it dont, please let me know.

[Comment 9 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-11-01 08:58:42 UTC]

Well I have had succes stories on #gentoo on this, and it works on my PCs
personally, but I didn't know because this was pure luck or a real intention
:)

[Comment 10 SpanKY 2003-12-17 08:17:16 UTC]

*** Bug 35993 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 11 SpanKY 2004-01-18 02:14:58 UTC]

*** Bug 38581 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 12 SpanKY 2004-02-17 19:56:56 UTC]

*** Bug 41989 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 13 SpanKY 2004-03-01 11:49:14 UTC]

*** Bug 43401 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 14 SpanKY 2004-04-09 23:46:56 UTC]

*** Bug 47399 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***