Package: dhcp3-client Version: 3.1.0-2 Severity: normal Hi,
DHCP doesn't block until an address is obtained. So other services get started before networking is up and this doesn't seem like a good idea. daemon.log: Feb 11 18:06:41 dhcppc15 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 Feb 11 18:06:42 dhcppc15 ntpd[1896]: ntpd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 13 11:21:22 UTC 2008 (1) Feb 11 18:06:42 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: precision = 1.000 usec Feb 11 18:06:43 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled Feb 11 18:06:43 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: Listening on interface #1 wildcard, ::#123 Disabled Feb 11 18:06:43 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: Listening on interface #2 lo, ::1#123 Enabled Feb 11 18:06:43 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: bind() fd 19, family 10, port 123, scope 2, addr fe80::20c:29ff:fec6:873c, in6_is_addr_multicast=0 flags=0x11 fails: Cannot assign requested address Feb 11 18:06:43 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: unable to create socket on eth0 (3) for fe80::20c:29ff:fec6:873c#123 Feb 11 18:06:43 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: failed to initialize interface for address fe80::20c:29ff:fec6:873c Feb 11 18:06:43 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: Listening on interface #4 lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled Feb 11 18:06:43 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: kernel time sync status 0040 Feb 11 18:06:43 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: frequency initialized 0.000 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift Feb 11 18:06:44 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: bind() fd 20, family 10, port 123, scope 2, addr fe80::20c:29ff:fec6:873c, in6_is_addr_multicast=0 flags=0x11 fails: Cannot assign requested address Feb 11 18:06:44 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: unable to create socket on eth0 (5) for fe80::20c:29ff:fec6:873c#123 Feb 11 18:06:44 dhcppc15 ntpd[1897]: failed to initialize interface for address fe80::20c:29ff:fec6:873c Feb 11 18:06:47 dhcppc15 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 Feb 11 18:06:56 dhcppc15 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 Feb 11 18:06:56 dhcppc15 dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.254 Feb 11 18:06:56 dhcppc15 dhclient: option_space_encapsulate: option space agent does not exist, but is configured. Feb 11 18:06:56 dhcppc15 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Feb 11 18:06:56 dhcppc15 dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.254 Feb 11 18:06:56 dhcppc15 dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.25 -- renewal in 12161 seconds. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dhcp3-client depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.19 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.28.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dhcp3-common 3.1.0-2 common files used by all the dhcp3 ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dhcp3-client recommends no packages. -- debconf information: dhcp3-client/dhclient-needs-restarting: dhcp3-client/dhclient-script_moved: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

