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and subject line Bug#396513: Acknowledgement (kernel-2.6.18: DHCP fails with
stock kernel image, works with roll-my-own kernel)
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-1-686
Version: 2.6.18-3
Severity: normal
I have been rolling my own kernels on this machine (Thinkpad A21m,
Debian testing) for a long time, but really don't need to anymore, so I
thought I would install the stock kernel images.
Alas, with the stock images (both linux-image-2.6.17-2-686 and
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686) my network interfaces (both mini-PCI and
PCMCIA) refuse to play with DHCP. If I run tcpdump on the DHCP server
end, I can see the DHCP request coming in from my machine and the
response going out. But tcpdump running locally on the A21m does not see
the response from the server at all.
But, if I boot back into my home-made linux-image-2.6.17-a21m.26,
everything works fine. The only difference is which kernel has been
booted, all other hardware and software configuration is identical.
There are no interesting errors in syslog, the only visible ailment is
that DHCP times out (and tcpdump indicates the response packets are
disappearing into the void somehow).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-a21m.26
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-1-686 depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.84 tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-1-686 recommends:
pn libc6-i686 <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-1-686:
* linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-1-686:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.6.20-3
I just installed the new linux-image-2.6.20-1-686, and as of this kernel DHCP
now works correctly. As originator I am closing the bug. Aside from resume from
hibernation issues, the Thinkpad a21m now works just fine with a stock kernel.
Clayton
--- End Message ---
