Network Problem on a virtaulized Server

[lemmi]

Hello Community

I'm having terrible problems with a VServer. I installed OpenSuse 11.0 and as far as I know the server is virtualized by xen.

Since a few days I can't get the network working; I got the following messages while booting:

Error Messages according to /etc/log/messages

myserver:~ # /etc/init.d/network start
Hint: you may set mandatory devices in /etc/sysconfig/network/config
Setting up network interfaces:
lo
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
Cannot enable interface lo.
interface lo is not up
lo failed
eth0
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
Cannot enable interface eth0.
interface eth0 is not up
Checking for network time protocol daemon (NTPD): unused
eth0 failed
Setting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . done.

Settings ifcfg:

myserver:/etc/sysconfig/network # less ifcfg-eth0
BOOTPROTO='static'
BROADCAST=''
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''
IPADDR='78.143.34.138'
MTU=''
NAME='Xen Virtual Ethernet card 0'
NETMASK='255.255.255.128'
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='auto'
UNIQUE='+jsg.Sd+ykfyvlK4'
USERCONTROL='no'
_nm_name='bus-none-vif-0'

Lately I figured out that if I start the network manually with:

"ifconfig eth0.... netmask ... up"
and
"ifup eth0"
same for "lo"

it works fine.


But the network wont work automatically after a reboot or with "/etc/init.d/network restart"

The support cound't help me any further; there solution is: reinstalling the VServer and use another distribution. I'm not very happy with this suggestion, as it tooks me quit a while to set up apache, sql, a propper mail server and many more.

Does anybody have an idea where the problem could be located - or could advise me through the problem?

btw; I have to commit, that I'm still a Linux "newbie" so I'm really glad for any help.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers

lemmi

[gogalthorp]

Sounds like the /etc/init.d/network script is damaged or miss configured.

Are yo sure you are booting to the xen kernel??

[lemmi]

Sounds like the /etc/init.d/network script is damaged or miss configured.

Are yo sure you are booting to the xen kernel??

No - I'm quite not sure; I don't have any information what kind of system my provider is using.

[lemmi]

I just checked the differences for the file /etc/init.d/network with an old version end of mars. is it worth, trying to copy the old one back?

myserver:/home/lemmi # diff /etc/init.d/network /.snapshots/weekly.1/localhost/etc/init.d/network
113,115c113,115
<       test "$MODE" = onboot && return 1
<       test "$FIREWALL" != yes && return 2
<       /sbin/SuSEfirewall2 -q status &>/dev/null || return 3
---
>       test "$MODE" = onboot && return -1
>       test "$FIREWALL" != yes && return -2
>       /sbin/SuSEfirewall2 -q status &>/dev/null || return -3
381c381
<               ipip|sit|gre|dummy)
---
>               ipip|sit|gre)
404,407c404
< #lemmi
< #             eth|tr|wlan)
<                 eth) ;;
<                 tr|wlam)
---
>               eth|tr|wlan)
517,518c514
<               debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET || \
<                        printf "    %-9s\n" $IFACE
---
>               debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET
577a574
>                       ifconfig $IFACE 192.168.178.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.178.255
580,581c577
<                       debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET || \
<                                printf "    %-9s\n" $IFACE
---
>                       debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET
705,706c701
<                               debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET || \
<                                        printf "    %-9s\n" $IFACE
---
>                               debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET
769,770c764
<                       debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET || \
<                                printf "    %-9s\n" $IFACE
---
>                       debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET
816,817c810
<                       debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET || \
<                                printf "    %-9s\n" $IFACE
---
>                       debug && printf "    %-9s returned %s\n" $IFACE $RET

btw, I did the changes below (without exactly knowing what i'm doiing

< #lemmi
< #             eth|tr|wlan)
<                 eth) ;;
<                 tr|wlam)