Not having the actual LTSP setup in Hardy anymore, I made a quick simulation for that fix. My network is running with a DHCP proxy, br0 is the interface connected to that network:
r...@vivaldi:~/test# cat /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-26-openvz | gzip -d | cpio -i 48821 blocks r...@vivaldi:~/test# chroot . bin/sh BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. # ipconfig --help ipconfig: invalid option -- # ipconfig br0 IP-Config: br0 hardware address 00:00:20:bd:4e:ba mtu 1500 DHCP RARP r...@vivaldi:~# apt-get install libklibc klibc-utils ... r...@vivaldi:~/new-initrd# cat /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-26-openvz | gzip -d | cpio -i 48821 blocks r...@vivaldi:~/new-initrd# chroot . /bin/sh BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. # ipconfig br0 IP-Config: br0 hardware address 00:00:20:bd:4e:ba mtu 1500 DHCP RARP IP-Config: br0 guessed broadcast address 10.x.x.255 IP-Config: br0 complete (from 10.x.x.115): address: 10.x.x.203 broadcast: 10.x.x.255 netmask: 255.255.255.0 gateway: 10.x.x.1 dns0 : 10.x.x.117 dns1 : 0.0.0.0 domain : revolutionlinux.com rootserver: 10.x.x.116 rootpath: filename : /netboot/pxelinux.0 # What I did - Uncompressed the initrd - Started ipconfig from within it (as LTSP does) --> It failed (hanging waiting for a reply) - Updated klibc on the host - Rebuilt the initrd - Started ipconfig from within it (as LTSP does) --> It worked (Got all the network details) So that should prove that the fix does what it's supposed to do -- Klibc: ipconfig fails on network with DHCP relays https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175324 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
