Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:19:13 -0800 (PST) From: dmack@uswest.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: i386/8787: install process hangs while adding default gateway Message-ID: <199811212119.NAA22832@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 8787 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: install process hangs while adding default gateway >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Nov 21 13:20:01 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dan Mack >Organization: >Release: 3.0-RELEASE >Environment: FreeBSD coco 3.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 20 14:14:37 1998 root@coco:/usr/sr/csys/compile/COCO i386 >Description: I noticed this problem during an ftp install. It was the first install I did from my home lan. The netmask for my lan is 0xfffffff8 so during the install phase, I entered 255.255.255.248 as the netmask. I also entered my gateway address. When I clicked okay to go on to the next phase, the installer hung during the adding default gateway phase. >From the shell, I noticed that indeed, the route command was hung doing a 'route add default gw'. From the shell, I took at look at the output of ifocnfig for xl0 and this exposed what I believe to be the problem. Even though I had entered 255.255.255.248 on the form, the install program had used a value of 0xffffffee which is clearly incorrect. My guess is that there is something wrong with either decimal->hex conversion or, the full screen gui-install-dialog doesn't pass the correct value to ifconfig. >How-To-Repeat: Try to do an ftp install from a subnet with a netmask of 255.255.255.248. Enter this in the network setup dialog box and then check was your interface gets configured with. >Fix: No known fix at this time other than to manually configure the interface. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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