From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-2 i686) Description of problem: if lo interface is up pump is unable to detect the network settings. if lo is down pump works perfectly Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1./sbin/ifup lo 2./sbin/ifup eth0 Actual Results: Determining IP information for eth0...Operation failed. failed. Expected Results: Determining IP information for eth0... done. Additional info: if i do /sbin/ifdown lo /sbin/ifup eth0 /sbin/ifup lo everything works perfectly. I am using roadrunner. these are the logs of pump while running with lo active. Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: PUMP: sending discover Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: opcode: 1 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: hw: 1 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: hwlength: 6 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: hopcount: 0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: xid: 0x8f5bb15e Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: secs: 0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: flags: 0x0000 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: ciaddr: 0.0.0.0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: yiaddr: 0.0.0.0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: server_ip: 0.0.0.0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: bootp_gw_ip: 0.0.0.0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: hwaddr: Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: servername: Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: bootfile: Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: vendor: 0x63 0x53 0x82 0x63 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: vendor: 53 1 0x01 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: vendor: 0xff Aug 23 14:23:46 ani kernel: eth0: 0 multicast blocks dropped. Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: PUMP: sending discover Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: opcode: 1 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: hw: 1 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: hwlength: 6 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: hopcount: 0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: xid: 0x8f5bb15e Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: secs: 0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: flags: 0x0000 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: ciaddr: 0.0.0.0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: yiaddr: 0.0.0.0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: server_ip: 0.0.0.0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: bootp_gw_ip: 0.0.0.0 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: hwaddr: Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: servername: Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: bootfile: Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: vendor: 0x63 0x53 0x82 0x63 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: vendor: 53 1 0x01 Aug 23 14:23:46 ani pumpd[2464]: breq: vendor: 0xff
I see this too. dhcpcd works perfectly; pump seems to work after a reboot, but it breaks as soon as the lease expires.
After upgrading a bunch of packages from beta red hat network server this bug disappeared. my guess is that one of the following packages fixed the problem : kernel, kernel-pcmcia or pump so i close this bug since it's working for me now.