Obviously some machine is still using that ip address. Just ping to that ip, or do a arp lookup to see which one (maybe the same machine) to find out! Greetings, Jim. > 2007/12/10, Jonathan Allen <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> Dear List, >> >> I have a vanilla FC8 machine that was working into the Internet. After >> several hours fighting network manager, I edited /etc/hosts, >> /etc/resolv.conf >> and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 by hand and bob was my >> uncle. >> >> Now, after a a PUP run to pull in updates, I can't get the network to >> start >> after the reboot: >> >> # service network start >> Bringing up loopack interface: [ OK ] >> Bringing up interface eth0: [FAILED] >> Error, some other host already uses address 192.168.1.6 >> >> Any ideas ? >> >> Jonathan >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> > > did you try to start the machine disconnected from your network??? > -- > Antonio Montagnani > Skype : antoniomontag > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
