Public bug reported:
Ubuntu and kernel version information
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
Linux cupid 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
I have Gutsy 7.10 installed in a Averatec 3280 laptop, and have been
trying to configure /etc/network/interfaces for various locations, so I
can select them either manually or by automatic detection of the
networks. (I want fixed IP's or dhcp address detection in various
locations, specific ESSID's in some locations, special routing in some
locations, etc.) This has worked in earlier versions of Ubuntu, on the
same computer.
The problem I am having is that when the interfaces file is written,
very often the system crashes with I blank screen. I have tried using
ifdown plus stopping the network daemon (/etc/init.d/networking stop) in
various combinations, but most of the time the system crashes. This
happens either when I edit the file with gedit or vi, or when I edit a
copy of the file, then copy it to interfaces.
Right now, what I am doing is adding some lines to
/etc/init.d/networking to do that copy in the "start)" case. Then if I
stop and start networking the new version of the file will get copied; I
have to be careful to shut down the interface in use first.
Obviously, this is not normal behavior, and it makes modification of
/etc/network/interfaces very difficult.
Currently, I have a user script to select my wired or wireless
connections in the stanzas of /etc/network/interfaces, using statements
like
sudo ifup ath0=ath0-home
to select the required stanza.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Editing /etc/network/interfaces causes Gutsy 7.10 to crash
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192252
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