From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 9 22:46:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C6CB1065672 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 22:46:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A248FC08 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 22:46:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta21.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.88]) by qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7AfD1i00A1u4NiLA1Am5ri; Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:46:05 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.84.87]) by omta21.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7B5q1i0071t3BNj8hB5qbz; Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:05:50 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 83334102C1D; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:46:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:46:10 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Brett Glass Message-ID: <20111209224610.GA13369@icarus.home.lan> References: <201112090913.CAA03333@lariat.net> <4EE1DEAD.2040108@gmail.com> <201112091731.KAA08794@lariat.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201112091731.KAA08794@lariat.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Johan Hendriks , freebsd-stable Subject: Re: Two problems still present in RC3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:46:12 -0000 On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 10:30:43AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 03:10 AM 12/9/2011, Johan Hendriks wrote: > > >After a /etc/netstart, i get the following: > >ifconfig: create: bad value. > > I get the "create: bad value" messages as well. What's more, if I > change rc.conf to assign variables of the form ifconfig_*, such as > > ifconfig_re0_1="inet 192.168.0.1" > ifconfig_re0_1_alias0="inet 192.168.0.2" > ... > > instead of using an ip_addrs_* variable, I still get those messages. > > I have confirmed that if I run /etc/netstart after booting, I lose > connectivity just as you do. > > I recognize the challenge of specifying the network configuration in > a declaratory rather than a procedural environment, because there > are so many contingencies and possible combinations of parameters. > But there doesn't seem to be any combination of variables I can > assign in rc.conf that doesn't cause errors when I try to create > VLANs. I would advise everyone experiencing ""those messages"" or any anomalies of this sort to please set rc_debug="yes" in /etc/rc.conf and make sure they have serial or firewire console set up. If you don't have some form of remote console, then this is going to be difficult to debug. See rc.conf(5) for what the option does and therefore why serial console will be needed. The information that's needed is what ifconfig commands are being issued on your systems. This cannot be easily determined from rc.conf variables like ifconfig_snakes_in_the_grass="rocks moss", hence the above request. "Your" means Brett Glass and Johan Hendriks. Finally, please keep in mind the possibility that both of you are experiencing different problems. I have no evidence at this point to support or refute that claim, but it's something that needs to be considered. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |