On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Justin Christopher wrote:
> I do need to get back to you about something that does > not work, however. Do you recall that my system was > hanging on the SECOND reboot after install, on a line > called "Checking internet connections to start at > boot"? > > I have been able to repeat this problem again and > again on this system. During the install, Mandrake > picks up my ethernet and airport, and offers to > configure both. I choose DHCP. > > On the first boot, 'determining IP info for eth0' and > 'determining IP info for eth1' both fail, but > otherwise, the boot process goes normally and the > system can be used. > > On the NEXT boot, 'determining IP info for eth0' and > 'determining IP info for eth1' both fail, and about 10 > lines later, there is a line that says "checking > internet connections to start at boot". It's right > under the lines that say: "starting portmon" and > "starting console mouse services". I left it on > overnight to make sure - it just stays on that line > forever. > > Now, I know that the failure to get IP addresses is > 'my' problem - something that doesn't work right with > the Airport base station. The part about "checking > internet connections to start at boot", however - > something needs to change there, especially on > portable computers that may/may not get IPs depending > on their location. > > Let me know if you need more detail about this. > Looks like this is the offending script. The easy fix is to turn it off: [root@powerbook-cooker root]# chkconfig --list internet internet 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off chkconfig --level 2345 off Not sure why it's having that effect for you. I never even see it run here. Looks like the first thing it checks is: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_up Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#cooker-ppc
