Public bug reported: Downloading the binaries for 0.5.0 from http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/#DOWNLOAD and replacing edgy's dibbler-client binary with the one from 0.5.0 solved the problem and did not generate the "Unable to set up socket option IPV6_PKTINFO" error.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dibbler-client run | Dibbler - a portable DHCPv6, version 0.4.2 (CLIENT, Linux port) | Authors : Tomasz Mrugalski<thomson(at)klub.com.pl>,Marek Senderski<msend(at)o2.pl> | Licence : GNU GPL v2 or later. Developed at Gdansk University of Technology. | Homepage: http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/ 19:58:43 Notice My pid (30148) is stored in /var/lib/dibbler/client.pid 19:58:43 Notice Detected iface vmnet8/6, MAC=00:50:56:c0:00:08. 19:58:43 Notice Detected iface vmnet1/5, MAC=00:50:56:c0:00:01. 19:58:43 Notice Detected iface sit0/4, MAC=00:00:00:00. 19:58:43 Notice Detected iface eth1/3, MAC=00:a0:cc:63:10:e8. 19:58:43 Notice Detected iface eth0/2, MAC=00:e0:18:ec:77:ea. 19:58:43 Notice Detected iface lo/1, MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00. 19:58:43 Notice Parsing /etc/dibbler/client.conf config file... 19:58:43 Debug Parsing /etc/dibbler/client.conf done. 19:58:43 Debug 0 interface(s) specified in /etc/dibbler/client.conf 19:58:43 Warning Config file does not contain any interface definitions. 19:58:43 Info Interface vmnet8/6 has been added. 19:58:43 Info Interface vmnet1/5 has been added. 19:58:43 Notice Interface sit0/4 is down, ignoring. 19:58:43 Notice Interface eth1/3 is down, ignoring. 19:58:43 Info Interface eth0/2 has been added. 19:58:43 Notice Interface lo/1 is not multicast capable, ignoring. 19:58:43 Info Bind reuse enabled. 19:58:43 Notice Creating control (::) socket on the lo/1 interface. 19:58:43 Error Unable to set up socket option IPV6_PKTINFO 19:58:43 Critical Proper socket creation failed. 19:58:43 Critical Fatal error during TransMgr initialization. 19:58:43 Notice Bye bye. 19:58:43 Debug ClntTransMgr cleanup. 19:58:43 Debug ClntCfgMgr cleanup. 19:58:43 Debug ClntAddrMgr cleanup. 19:58:43 Debug ClntIfaceMgr cleanup. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:EC:77:EA inet addr:192.168.0.100 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:18ff:feec:77ea/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:476300 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:389749 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:535961037 (511.1 MiB) TX bytes:105587792 (100.6 MiB) Interrupt:185 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:13140 (12.8 KiB) TX bytes:13140 (12.8 KiB) vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01 inet addr:192.168.21.1 Bcast:192.168.21.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08 inet addr:192.168.170.1 Bcast:192.168.170.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/dibbler/client.conf # Defaults for dibbler-client. # installed at /etc/dibbler/client.conf by the maintainer scripts # 8 (Debug) is most verbose. 7 (Info) is usually the best option log-level 8 # To perform stateless (i.e. options only) configuration, uncomment # this line below and remove any "ia" keywords from interface definitions # stateless iface eth0 { # ask for address ia # ask for options option dns-server # option domain # option ntp-server # option time-zone # option sip-server # option sip-domain # option nis-server # option nis-domain # option nis+-server # option nis+-domain } [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a Linux stig 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Fri Oct 13 18:45:35 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux ** Affects: dibbler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Unable to set up socket option IPV6_PKTINFO https://launchpad.net/bugs/67042 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
