Jonathan Allen wrote: > 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 > Uh, is it possible the DHCP server lease is still active? What is the status of that IP address? Are there other machines on the network? -- Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support
