[LARTC] Getting "ip" command to work

[bert hubert ahu@ds9a.nl]

<PRE>On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 05:03:01PM -0400, David Zoll wrote:

&gt;<i> I'm running a Debian 2.2 system with the iproute package installed.  I
</I>&gt;<i> first tried with the included kernel, but it wouldn't work, so I rolled
</I>&gt;<i> my own (version 2.2.17) to see if that would let me use the command.  I
</I>&gt;<i> think I've turned everything required on:
</I>
Did the included version give the exact same error?

This is very weird. Can you verify with 'uname -a' that you are running the
kernel you think you are running?

Attached is the output of 'strace /sbin/ip link list', which you can verify
with yours to see what is happening differently.

Regards,

bert hubert

execve(&quot;/sbin/ip&quot;, [&quot;/sbin/ip&quot;, &quot;link&quot;, &quot;list&quot;], [/* 30 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x805dce4
open(&quot;/etc/ld.so.preload&quot;, O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open(&quot;/etc/ld.so.cache&quot;, O_RDONLY)      = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size\x19370, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 19370, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40014000
close(4)                                = 0
open(&quot;/lib/libresolv.so.2&quot;, O_RDONLY)   = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_sizeF576, ...}) = 0
read(4, &quot;\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \'\0\000&quot;..., 4096) = 4096
old_mmap(NULL, 59420, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40019000
mprotect(0x40024000, 14364, PROT_NONE)  = 0
old_mmap(0x40024000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0xa000) = 0x40024000
old_mmap(0x40026000, 6172, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40026000
close(4)                                = 0
open(&quot;/lib/libc.so.6&quot;, O_RDONLY)        = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_sizeˆ8596, ...}) = 0
read(4, &quot;\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\244\213&quot;..., 4096) = 4096
old_mmap(NULL, 902972, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40028000
mprotect(0x400fd000, 30524, PROT_NONE)  = 0
old_mmap(0x400fd000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0xd4000) = 0x400fd000
old_mmap(0x40101000, 14140, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40101000
close(4)                                = 0
munmap(0x40014000, 19370)               = 0
personality(PER_LINUX)                  = 0
getpid()                                = 32233
socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, 0)         = 4
bind(4, {sin_family¯_NETLINK, {sa_family\x16, sa_data=&quot;\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\205\234\0@&quot;}, 12) = 0
getsockname(4, {sin_family¯_NETLINK, {sa_family\x16, sa_data=&quot;\0\0\351}\0\0\0\0\0\0\205\234\0@&quot;}, [12]) = 0
time(NULL)                              = 972594780
sendto(4, &quot;\24\0\0\0\22\0\1\3]\236\3709\0\0\0\0\21\0\0\0&quot;, 20, 0, {sin_family¯_NETLINK, {sa_family\x16, sa_data=&quot;\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\24\0\0\0&quot;}, 12) = 20
recvmsg(4, {msg_name(12)={sin_family¯_NETLINK, {sa_family\x16, sa_data=&quot;\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\264\0\0\0&quot;}, msg_iov(1)=[{&quot;\264\0\0\0\20\0\2\0]\236\3709\351}\0\0\0\0\4\3\1\0\0\0&quot;..., 8192}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 368
brk(0)                                  = 0x805dce4
brk(0x805ddb4)                          = 0x805ddb4
brk(0x805e000)                          = 0x805e000
recvmsg(4, {msg_name(12)={sin_family¯_NETLINK, {sa_family\x16, sa_data=&quot;&amp;\301\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\24\0\0\0&quot;}, msg_iov(1)=[{&quot;\24\0\0\0\3\0\2\0]\236\3709\351}\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0I\0&quot;..., 8192}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 20
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(3, 1), ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000
ioctl(1, TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 5
ioctl(5, 0x8942, 0xbfffe9ac)            = 0
close(5)                                = 0
write(1, &quot;1: lo: &lt;LOOPBACK,UP&gt; mtu 16192 q&quot;..., 46) = 46
write(1, &quot;    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00&quot;..., 58) = 58
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 5
ioctl(5, 0x8942, 0xbfffe9ac)            = 0
close(5)                                = 0
write(1, &quot;2: eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP&quot;..., 69) = 69
write(1, &quot;    link/ether 00:00:e8:58:b6:31&quot;..., 55) = 55
munmap(0x40014000, 4096)                = 0
_exit(0)                                = ?


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