Re: [Linux-decnet-user] unable to start decnet

[Frank S. <FSa...@ha...>]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 10:15AM +0100, you wrote:
>> After that I still have problems to start /etc/rc.d/init.d/decnet:
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/decnet start
>> Starting DECnet: Error setting hw address on eth0: Device or resource 
busy
>> Error setting hw address on eth1: Device or resource busy
>> error starting socket layer.
>
>It is being called too late in the startup sequence. you must start 
DECnet
>before TCP/IP because it needs to change the MAC address of the ethernet 
card.
>
>The recommended thing to do on Red Hat is to edit the file 
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to contain the correct MAC 
address - which
>in you case is AA:00:04:00:32:08. See http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net/faq-4.html#ss4.1

I've changed my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to

DEVICE="eth0"
BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
ONBOOT="yes"
MACADDR=AA:00:04:00:32:08
IPADDR=""
NETMASK=""
IPXNETNUM_802_2=""
IPXPRIMARY_802_2="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_2="no"
IPXNETNUM_802_3=""
IPXPRIMARY_802_3="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_3="no"
IPXNETNUM_ETHERII=""
IPXPRIMARY_ETHERII="no"
IPXACTIVE_ETHERII="no"
IPXNETNUM_SNAP=""
IPXPRIMARY_SNAP="no"
IPXACTIVE_SNAP="no"

Then I've done init 1 and init 3 for a complte reload. 
There is still no right entry in /proc/sys/net/decnet:

less node_name
???
less default_device
(nothing)
less node_address
0.0

I've tryed init 1 and start decnet manualy - 
starting decnet [ OK ]

In /proc/sys/net/decnet still the same wrong entries.

A complete reboot brings no better results.

Any further hints?

-- 
Bye

Frank Sackewitz
EDM