Checked and still crashes. It seems to do it when the default interface is up but not connected.
Method: remove ethernet cable and 'sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart', watch the dhclient timeout. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart * Reconfiguring network interfaces... RTNETLINK answers: No such process Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:d0:59:b7:80:76 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:d0:59:b7:80:76 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.32.1 port 67 send_packet: Network is unreachable send_packet: please consult README file regarding broadcast address. Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:d0:59:b7:80:76 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:d0:59:b7:80:76 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. [ OK ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0 -- It does not crash (testing after each command) if I do: 1) 'sudo ifdown eth0' 2) 'sudo ifconfig eth0 up' with no parameters 3) 'sudo ifconfig eth0 up 192.168.1.123 netmask 255.255.255.0' 4) 'sudo route add -net default gw 192.168.1.123' I did try 'sudo route add -net default gw 0.0.0.0', but apparently this is illegal. After the crash presence server is not running. Mungewell. ** Attachment added: "presenceservice.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19633574/presenceservice.log -- Presence server crashes if no interface is configure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297329 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs