On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:51 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 09:27 +1100, Simon Slater wrote: > > After a reboot I got the message: > > > > dnsmasq failed to bind DHCP server socket: address already in use. > > Which may be that something *else* is using it, or that dnsmasq is > starting up in a way that causes problems with itself. I've seen that > sort of thing when there's a network with IPv4 and IPv6 addressing in > use, and a service starts up. It listens to both, and while starting up > complains that the port's already in use while trying to listen to the > second interface (which is really the first, with the IPv6 type of > addresses, as well as IPv4). > > > In the startup sequence as it scrolls on the screen, dnsmasq is near > > the end, but is running: > > [root@dell ~]# service dnsmasq status > > dnsmasq (pid 2613) is running... > > > > So is the problem with the configuration or at startup? How > > do I find what is conflicting for the socket address? > > man netstat > > e.g. netstat -antuevp Thanks Tim, Now this shows that dnsmasq is using 192.168.122.1:53 with tcp and udp. This is the link local address on a port for dns. Also udp on 0.0.0.0:67 which is one of the dhcp ports but for all networks? Does dnsmasq need to use 192.168.122.1? The first aim is to get dhcp going. Would 0.0.0.0:67 help or get in the way? -- Regards, Simon Slater Registered Linux User #463789. Be counted at: http://counter.li.org/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines