On Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 12:26:35AM -0400, David Niklas via Dng wrote:
> Hello,
> I just installed Devuan Daedalus. It connected to the net just fine, but
> after installing a bunch of packages (too many to count), I rebooted the
> system and the network is not brought up correctly.
>
> I compared my current sysinit list of services to the new systems and
> there isn't really anything standing out. I found /etc/init.d/network was
> not executable. When I made it so and after re-executed it as root
> (/etc/init.d/network start), I have full networking. This is repeatable
> across reboots.

I have note found "/etc/init.d/network" in any debian package. Where
does that come from?

Though the problem is most likely due to avahi-autoipd, and I'm sure
you will be much happier having purged that one.

Ralph

>
> To be clear, I cannot ping my router when the net is down, but the iface
> gets it's correct address and I can ping it as well as the lo interface.
> The HW is an Intel I225-V rev 03. Even when the net is down the kernel
> sees the interface HW and the light on my switch indicating that the
> port is plugged in is lit.
>
> Ping says:
> % ping 192.168.1.1
> Network is unreachable.
>
> I run bootlogd, so I examined the network startup:
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: Mounting local filesystems...done.
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: Activating swapfile swap, if any...done.
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: Cleaning up temporary files....
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: Starting Setting kernel variables: sysctl.
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: Configuring network interfaces...error: eth0 :
> eth0: up cmd '/etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-autoipd' failed: returned 2
> (Error: Device for nexthop is not up.
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: )
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: error: main exception: no ifaces found matching
> given allow lists
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: done.
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: Cleaning up temporary files....
> Thu Jul 3 XX:XX:XX 2025: Setting up ALSA...done.
>
> When running:
> % sudo /etc/init.d/network start
> Configuring network interfaces...error: main exception: no ifaces found
> matching given allow lists
> done.
> %
>
> /etc/network/interfaces is below for your viewing pleasure.
>
>
> I tried searching online without much success.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> #################################################
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> #################################################
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