I am also seeing trouble with the new ifupdown. None of my interfaces
are working now -- I had to get the network running by manually
configuring it. Here's a typical trace of the errors, and I've
attached my interfaces file.
Apr 5 17:18:29 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[23315]: Executing
'/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 down'.
Apr 5 17:18:30 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[23315]: client: /sbin/ifdown: interface
eth0 not configured
Apr 5 17:18:30 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[23315]: Program executed successfully.
Apr 5 17:18:30 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[23315]: Exiting.
Apr 5 17:19:22 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: ifplugd 0.26 initializing, using
NETLINK device monitoring.
Apr 5 17:19:22 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: Using interface
eth0/00:0D:60:2E:4D:9D with driver <e1000> (version: 5.6.10.1-k2-NAPI)
Apr 5 17:19:22 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL
Apr 5 17:19:22 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: Initialization complete, link beat
detected, interface enabled.
Apr 5 17:19:22 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: Executing
'/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up'.
Apr 5 17:19:26 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: client: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
Apr 5 17:19:26 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: client: wired-home: ERROR while
getting interface flags: No such device
Apr 5 17:19:26 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: client: SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such
device
Apr 5 17:19:26 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: client: SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such
device
Apr 5 17:19:26 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: client: wired-home: ERROR while
getting interface flags: No such device
Apr 5 17:19:26 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: client: wired-home: ERROR while
getting interface flags: No such device
Apr 5 17:19:26 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: client: Failed to bring up
wired-home.
Apr 5 17:19:26 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: Program executed successfully.
Apr 5 17:19:57 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: Executing
'/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 down'.
Apr 5 17:19:57 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: client: /sbin/ifdown: interface
eth0 not configured
Apr 5 17:19:57 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: Program executed successfully.
Apr 5 17:19:57 kleph ifplugd(eth0)[24104]: Exiting.
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
mapping hotplug
script /usr/local/sbin/map-exclude
map eth0
map ath0
mapping ifplugd
script /bin/echo
mapping eth*
script /usr/local/sbin/map-mac-address
map 00:0d:60:2e:4d:9d wired
map 00:05:4e:45:3c:f0 wireless
mapping ath*
script /usr/local/sbin/map-mac-address
map 00:0d:60:2e:4d:9d wired
map 00:05:4e:45:3c:f0 wireless
mapping wired
script /usr/local/sbin/map-scheme
map home wired-home
map work wired-work
map none wired-default
mapping wireless
script /usr/local/sbin/map-scheme
map home wireless-home
map work wireless-work
map none wireless-default
iface wired-home inet static
address 192.168.1.9
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.254
broadcast 192.168.1.255
network 192.168.1.0
dns_search csail.mit.edu ai.mit.edu mit.edu
dns_nameservers 204.127.202.19 216.148.227.79 24.147.1.62
iface wired-work inet static
address 128.30.16.24
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 128.30.16.1
broadcast 128.30.16.255
network 128.30.16.0
dns_search csail.mit.edu ai.mit.edu mit.edu
dns_nameservers 128.30.2.23 128.30.2.24 128.30.2.25 128.30.0.125
iface wired-default inet dhcp
dns_search csail.mit.edu ai.mit.edu mit.edu
name Unknown interface type
iface wireless-home inet static
wireless_essid cph-home-g
address 192.168.1.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.254
broadcast 192.168.1.255
network 192.168.1.0
metric 1
dns_search csail.mit.edu ai.mit.edu mit.edu
dns_nameservers 204.127.202.19 216.148.227.79 24.147.1.62
iface wireless-work inet static
wireless_essid StataCenter
address 128.30.4.107
netmask 255.255.254.0
gateway 128.30.4.1
broadcast 128.30.5.255
network 128.30.4.0
metric 1
dns_search csail.mit.edu ai.mit.edu mit.edu
dns_nameservers 128.30.2.23 128.30.2.24 128.30.2.25 128.30.0.125
iface wireless-default inet dhcp
metric 1
dns_search csail.mit.edu ai.mit.edu mit.edu
iface usb0 inet static
address 192.168.129.1
pointopoint 192.168.129.201
netmask 255.255.255.255
broadcast 192.168.129.1
network 192.168.129.1
iface usb1 inet static
address 192.168.129.2
pointopoint 192.168.129.202
netmask 255.255.255.255
broadcast 192.168.129.2
network 192.168.129.2
