Pkg xen devel - Sep 2006 - Bug#389683: xen-utils-common: bridging script breaks networking

Package: xen-utils-common
Version: 3.0+hg11292-2
Severity: serious
Justification: breaks unrelated services

Freshly installed amd64 etch system.

When running /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridge start, the system becomes
completely unreachable from the network.
Running ifconfig, I can see eth0 (which is the virtual interface now if
I am correct), having the mac and IP address of the real eth0, and a
peth0 and xenbr0 both having no IP address and a mac address of
FE+(5 times :FF).

When I set the IP address of xenbr0 manually to the eth0 address,
networking works again. But I am not sure whether that's how it is
supposed to be.


Regards,

Filip

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-xen-amd64
Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xen-utils-common depends on:
ii  lsb-base                      3.1-15     Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip

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Bug#389683: xen-utils-common: bridging script breaks networking
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severity 389683 important
thanks

On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 08:58:31AM +0200, Filip Van Raemdonck
wrote:
> Package: xen-utils-common
> Version: 3.0+hg11292-2
> Severity: serious
> Justification: breaks unrelated services
No, it does not.
> When running /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridge start, the system becomes
> completely unreachable from the network.
You requested it.
> Running ifconfig, I can see eth0 (which is the virtual interface now if
> I am correct), having the mac and IP address of the real eth0, and a
> peth0 and xenbr0 both having no IP address and a mac address of
> FE+(5 times :FF).
/var/log/xen/xend-hotplug.log may show something. Otherwise you have to
use bash -x /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridge start to see what happens.
> When I set the IP address of xenbr0 manually to the eth0 address,
> networking works again. But I am not sure whether that's how it is
> supposed to be.
Setup the bridge by hand (The Debian bridge-utils package contains some
nice support).

Bastian

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