Re: [Xen-users] bridged networking doesn't bring up eth0: RTNETLINK answers: File exists

[Brian Lavender <brian@xxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, I guess the (network-script network-bridge) isn't supported anymore.
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Host_Configuration/Networking#Example_Debian-style_bridge_configuration_.28e.g._Debian.2C_Ubuntu.29

On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 04:56:06PM -0700, Brian Lavender wrote:
> I am running Xen on Debian wheezy. I switched from routed networking to 
> bridged
> networking. Now I can't seem to get eth0 to come up. When the network script
> tries to bring it up, it gets an error: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
> 
> Any tips? details below
> 
> brian
> 
> root@trout:/etc/xen# egrep -v '#|^ *$' xend-config.sxp
> (network-script network-bridge)
> (vif-script vif-bridge)
> (dom0-min-mem 196)
> (enable-dom0-ballooning yes)
> (total_available_memory 0) 
> (dom0-cpus 0)
> (vncpasswd '')
> 
> root@trout:/etc/xen#  ifup eth0
> ifdown: interface eth0 not configured
> RTNETLINK answers: File exists
> 
> root@trout:~# brctl show
> bridge name   bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
> eth0          8000.8c89a511f016       no              peth0
> 
> root@trout:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> 
> iface eth0 inet static
>         address 173.228.81.234
>         broadcast 173.228.81.255
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         gateway 173.228.81.1
> 
> -- 
> Brian Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
> 
> "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
> make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
> way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
> 
> Professor C. A. R. Hoare
> The 1980 Turing award lecture
> 
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-- 
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/

"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."

Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture

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