[Gllug] HELP Network problem

[Bruce Richardson]

On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 11:04:50AM +0100, Ben wrote:
> till you try and ifup eth2
> 
> and it says
> 
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> Bind socket to interface: No such device
> exiting.
> Failed to bring up eth2.

That's an interesting mess.  What does /etc/network/interfaces look
like?

> 
> 
> Also why do I now have to have loopback on eth0 not lo

Are you using anything beyond the interfaces file to manage your
interfaces?  Do you have the hotplug package installed and if so what
does the NET_AGENT_POLICY line say in /etc/default/hotplug?

-- 
Bruce

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards, apart from
ostriches if you punch them hard enough.
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