On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 09:57 -1000, R. Scott Belford wrote: > Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > On Thu 2007-12-06 13:52:09 -0500, Tom Wolfe wrote: > > > >> I swtiched to using sysctl.conf after reading that the > >> /etc/network/options is deprecated > > > > right, good call. > > I was told differently on this list. The Edubuntu Wiki suggests that it > is a solution. If it is in fact deprecated, and I believe you, then we > really need to get on the same page of what *does* work with 7.10.
As i understand, its been depreciated since '05. i have a memory of the man page being wrong on this too (it was a while ago when i checked though) kk > > > > >> Still the same problem. > >> > >> I've resorted to a cron job that sets it to 1 ever minute.... quite a > >> hack so I'd love to know the real cause of the problem. Thats overkill - set once, and it stays like that until reboot (unless theres a new upstartism involved. > >> > >> NOte that I didn't do a standard Edubuntu install, I had Edubuntu > >> workstation, and then installed LTSP, etc. on top of it. I imagine I > >> have a config missing somewhere. doesnt matter, this is roughly how i setup my LTSP network (admitedly back on 6.06) > > > > on my debian lenny system here, /etc/sysctl.conf is initially read by > > /etc/init.d/procps from the procps package during system > > initialization (linked from /etc/rcS.d/S30procps). lenny uses > > traditional sysvinit, though -- i think edubuntu is using upstart now, > > so maybe it does something differently? or maybe yer distro > > migrations broke your initscripts somehow? > > > > If a stock edubuntu install were to not initialize /proc/sys from > > /etc/sysctl.conf, that would be a serious bug worth reporting. > > I definitely need to echo that making changes to /etc/sysctl.conf *do* > *not* have any affect on ip_forwarding. It is annoying, it does not > make sense, but I thought that it was just me. I enable ip_forwarding > through a line in rc.local. did you uncomment the ipv4 line, or try adding a new one? perhaps a typo in your new line? otherwise file a bug report imo. kk > > > > > > --dkg > > > > PS no need to CC me, i read the list. > > > > --scott -- Karl Goetz, Debian user / Ubuntu contributor / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
