>>> On Wednesday 11 April 2007 16:48:53 Hongwei Li wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> ... > I just rebooted the computer again and noticed the error message on the screen > during booting: > Bringup interface eth0: sysfs class ... failed, ... some device has alread > used the ip address 128.252.85.9 ... [Fail] > > What does that mean? this system does not have any other network device, and > this ip address is not used by any other system in our campus -- once I > activate it, there is no ip address conflict at all (I leave it running > overnight, it is still working well). > > Any help? Thanks! > > Hongwei Li > After updating selinux (targeted), the problem is gone. So, it was selinux issue. Hongwei