Re: [gentoo-user] strange error when trying to start network

[covici@ccs.covici.com]

Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Montag 26 Oktober 2009, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> > Hi.  I have a network cardwhich I am trying to start and it has worked
> > before, but today when I tried to start the card, I get the following:
> > RTNETLINK answers: file exists.  I notice that its not building the
> > default route.
> > 
> > Here are its configs using baselayout2 and openrc 5.2-r1
> > 
> > config_eth1="67.62.15.196 netmask 255.255.255.0 "
> > routes_eth1="default via 67.62.15.1"
> > 
> > I had default gw in the routes, but it seemed to say that if mo module
> > was specified iproute2 was used so I changed to default via, but no joy.
> > 
> > Any assistance would be appreciated.
> > 
> 
> 
> in network:
> 
> 
> ifconfig_eth0="67.62.15.196 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> defaultroute="67.62.15.1"

No joy, it did not like those parameters at all.   When I put
ifconfig_eth1 it just said no config using dhcp, and when I changed it
to config_eth1, it did not like defaultroute.

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