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RH 7.2 2.4.9-21 network setup failing.

After installing the 2.4.21 kennel something went amiss.
When I boot the system ifcfg-lo and ifcfg-eth0 execute and bring up the interfaces but fail to assign IP addresses.
The relevant portion of the boot.log file?.
Feb 6 20:13:07 xp sysctl: kernel.shmmax = 33554432
Feb 6 20:13:07 xp network: Setting network parameters: succeeded
Feb 6 20:13:07 xp ifup: Cannot send dump request: Connection refused
Feb 6 20:13:07 xp network: Bringing up interface lo: succeeded
Feb 6 20:13:07 xp ifup: Cannot send dump request: Connection refused
Feb 6 20:13:09 xp ifup: Cannot send dump request: Connection refused
Feb 6 20:13:10 xp ifup: Error adding address 192.168.0.1 for eth0.
Feb 6 20:13:10 xp ifup: Cannot send dump request: Connection refused
Feb 6 20:13:10 xp ifup: bind: Cannot assign requested address
Feb 6 20:13:10 xp ifup: Cannot send dump request: Connection refused
Feb 6 20:13:10 xp network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded
Feb 6 20:13:25 xp xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
Feb 6 20:13:28 xp lpd: lpd startup succeeded

Everything else seems to startup OK.

After I login (on tty1-5 as X can not) running :
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add ?host 192.168.0.1/32 gw 192.186.0.1 dev eth0

Assigns the IP addresses and every thing works.

Something is happening out of sequence, or there is a race condition in the new kernel.
I've checked the /etc/sysconfig/network* files and they look good and have old modification dates.(before the new kernel)
If I boot the 2.4.7-10 kernel it seems to work.

What am I missing?
Anyone know what the 'Cannot send dump request: Connection refused' means, or where it comes from?

Harold

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jlevie

The latest kernel from RedHat for 7.2 is 2.4.9-21 and if it and all other applicable updates are applied to 7.2 everything works as expected. If you've gotten a later kernel and installed it, 'out of band' on the system, then all bets are off. I don't know if it is the kernel, per se. It could easily be some other system utility or library that isn't quite compatible with your 2.4.21 kernel.

Unless you have a specific need for that that particular kernel you are much better off to track the RedHat updates and keep the system current with respect to them. They've been tested and frequently include fixes that may not have yet made it into the mainstream kernel distribution.

kinsey

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I miss typed, it is indeed 2.4.9-21, installed from the RH network update agent.

All RH updates have been applied.
I had to recompile the kernel to add NTFS file system support and builtin my sound, network, and parport drivers.

The first time I compiled, I missed the netlink socket option which failed to boot.

I suspect I've miss somthing else in the kernel config but I don't have any idea what.

Harold

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