Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:11:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:10:50 -0400 Received: from mailc.telia.com ([194.22.190.4]:45814 "EHLO mailc.telia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:10:47 -0400 Subject: Re: Network device problems From: Thomas Svedberg To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rgooch@atnf.csiro.au In-Reply-To: <3BD80A32.16D618FD@mandrakesoft.com> In-Reply-To: <1004013479.2597.50.camel@athlon1.hemma.se> <3BD80A32.16D618FD@mandrakesoft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Evolution/0.16 (Preview Release) Date: 25 Oct 2001 20:11:06 +0200 Message-Id: <1004033467.1726.3.camel@athlon1.hemma.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Just a quick note to anyone else having this problem: Only enabling CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV was not enough for me, also enabling CONFIG_RTNETLINK did it for me. I now have: CONFIG_NETLINK=y CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y tor 2001-10-25 klockan 14.48 skrev Jeff Garzik: > Thomas Svedberg wrote: > > > > Just updated to RedHat 7.2 and after compiling and starting my new > > kernel my network interfaces won't go up (not even lo), I get the > > following message: > > "ifup: Cannot send dump request: Connection refused". > > > > Tried kernels 2.4.12-ac2 and -ac6 (One of my -ac2 kernels worked fine > > before the upgrade). > > > > Using the RedHat precompiled kernels it works (but then I have no lVM) > > > > Anyone have any clues ? > > Yep. Newer initscripts from RedHat and Mandrake (and others?) require > CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV. initscripts runs, IIRC, iproute, which in turn > requires the netlink device. > > I have a feeling this is going to be a FAQ. Pretty much anybody who > uses these initscripts and compiles their own kernel !CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV > will hit this. / Thomas ....................................................................... Thomas Svedberg Department of Mathematics Chalmers University of Technology Address: S-412 96 G?teborg, SWEDEN E-mail : thsv@bigfoot.com, thsv@math.chalmers.se Phone : +46 31 772 5368 Fax : +46 31 772 3595 ....................................................................... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/