Debian Bug report logs - #392069
vde: Doesn't work properly with kernel 2.6.18-1

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Paul Dwerryhouse <paul@dwerryhouse.com.au>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: vde: Doesn't work properly with kernel 2.6.18-1

Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:53:27 +1000

Package: vde
Version: 1.5.11-1
Severity: normal


After upgrading to kernel 2.6.18-1, I found that vde no longer worked
correctly. My /etc/network/interfaces file has the following:

auto tap0
iface tap0 inet static
        address 10.1.6.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 10.1.6.0
        broadcast 10.1.6.255
        vde-switch vde-net

After booting, there was no tap0 interface, although vde_switch was
running. I killed vde_switch off and then tried to bring the interface
up manually and got the following:

# ifup tap0
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
tap0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device
tap0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
tap0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Failed to bring up tap0.

After going back to 2.6.17-2, vde worked correctly again.

Cheers,

Paul.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages vde depends on:
ii  adduser                      3.97        Add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries

vde recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 392069@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ernesto Domato <ernesto@domato.com.ar>

To: 392069@bugs.debian.org

Subject: doesn't work with user other than root

Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:21:31 -0300

I had the same problem and after some tries, I found that when
vde_switch is run by vde-net user you can't configure the tap0
interface. On the other hand, if you run vde_switch as root it works
perfectly (you can configure tap0). Anyway, in the last case you have to
change the permissions flags of the tap0 socket created by vde_switch so
any other user can use it, like when you try to use vdeqemu as a normal
user.

I guess this problem could be some security restriction on the new
kernel, but I'm not really sure because I have not that expertise.

If you need more information or I can help you with anything else please
let me know.

Ernesto.

Message #22 received at 392069@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jö Fahlke <jorrit@jorrit.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <392069@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: vde: Workaround

Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 19:41:04 +0100

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Package: vde
Version: 1.5.11-1
Followup-For: Bug #392069

As a workaround, putting

     pre-up tunctl -u vde-net -t tap0

in the stanza for tap0 in /etc/network/interfaces seems to help.

MfG,
Jö.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-k7
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8@euro (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages vde depends on:
ii  adduser                     3.102        Add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries

vde recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Message #27 received at 392069@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ernesto Domato <ernesto@domato.com.ar>

To: 392069@bugs.debian.org

Subject: superseded by vde2, should be closed

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:04:37 -0300

I think that this bug should be closed due to the fact that this version
is superseded by vde2 that is the recommended version now. vd2 is
waiting on unstable for the new version of glibc but as this bug is
reported as a release-critical bug, vde2 will not reach testing until
this bug is closed because there is a new vde packages on unstable that
depends on vde2 for the transition but will not reach testing due to
this same bug.

Sorry for my english and I hope this bug is understood well :-)

Greettings.
Ernesto

Message #32 received at 392069@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Filippo Giunchedi <filippo@debian.org>

To: Ernesto Domato <ernesto@domato.com.ar>, 392069@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-vsquare-devel] Bug#392069: superseded by vde2, should be closed

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:47:12 +0200

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 10:04:37AM -0300, Ernesto Domato wrote:
> I think that this bug should be closed due to the fact that this version
> is superseded by vde2 that is the recommended version now. vd2 is

does vde2 work for you as expected with the said kernel?
if so it is appropriate to close this bug.

thanks,
filippo
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Message #37 received at 392069@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ernesto Domato <ernesto@domato.com.ar>

To: Filippo Giunchedi <filippo@debian.org>

Cc: 392069@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-vsquare-devel] Bug#392069: superseded by vde2, should be closed

Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 10:18:31 -0300

Filippo Giunchedi escribió:
> does vde2 work for you as expected with the said kernel?
> if so it is appropriate to close this bug.
>   
That's a good question. The bug is filled against kernel 2.6.18-1 and
the actual stable (and testing) kernel is 2.6.18-4. I'm currently
running that kernel (2.6.18-4) so I'll try to install an old Debian with
2.6.18-1 on a qemu virtual machine as soon as possible to see if this
bug can be closed.

Thanks.
Ernesto

Message #44 received at 392069@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Filippo Giunchedi <filippo@debian.org>

To: Ernesto Domato <ernesto@domato.com.ar>

Cc: 392069@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-vsquare-devel] Bug#392069: superseded by vde2, should be closed

Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 16:51:18 +0200

severity 392069 normal
thanks

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:18:31AM -0300, Ernesto Domato wrote:
> Filippo Giunchedi escribió:
> > does vde2 work for you as expected with the said kernel?
> > if so it is appropriate to close this bug.
> >   
> That's a good question. The bug is filled against kernel 2.6.18-1 and
> the actual stable (and testing) kernel is 2.6.18-4. I'm currently
> running that kernel (2.6.18-4) so I'll try to install an old Debian with
> 2.6.18-1 on a qemu virtual machine as soon as possible to see if this
> bug can be closed.

Thanks! I'm setting severity normal for now, so the testing migration can
happen.

filippo
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Message #49 received at 392069@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Filippo Giunchedi <filippo@debian.org>

To: Ernesto Domato <ernesto@domato.com.ar>, 392069@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#392069: [Pkg-vsquare-devel] Bug#392069: superseded by vde2, should be closed

Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:46:52 +0000

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:18:31AM -0300, Ernesto Domato wrote:
> Filippo Giunchedi escribió:
> > does vde2 work for you as expected with the said kernel?
> > if so it is appropriate to close this bug.
> >   
> That's a good question. The bug is filled against kernel 2.6.18-1 and
> the actual stable (and testing) kernel is 2.6.18-4. I'm currently
> running that kernel (2.6.18-4) so I'll try to install an old Debian with
> 2.6.18-1 on a qemu virtual machine as soon as possible to see if this
> bug can be closed.

do you have any update on this? the oldest kernel version in the archive is
2.6.18.dfsg.1-13 so I think this bug doesn't apply anymore.
Plus, vde 1.5 is not distributed anymore. Do you confirm it works with latest
stable/testing and vde2?

thanks,
filippo
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Message #56 received at 392069-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Filippo Giunchedi <filippo@debian.org>

To: Ernesto Domato <ernesto@domato.com.ar>, 392069-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#392069: [Pkg-vsquare-devel] Bug#392069: superseded by vde2, should be closed

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:34:01 +0100

On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 08:46:52PM +0000, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
> do you have any update on this? the oldest kernel version in the archive is
> 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13 so I think this bug doesn't apply anymore.
> Plus, vde 1.5 is not distributed anymore. Do you confirm it works with latest
> stable/testing and vde2?

a lot of time has passed, things have evolved, I believe this bug can be
closed as no longer applies.

filippo
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Message #57 received at 392069-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ernesto Domato <ernesto@domato.com.ar>

To: Filippo Giunchedi <filippo@debian.org>

Cc: 392069-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#392069: [Pkg-vsquare-devel] Bug#392069: superseded by vde2, should be closed

Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:25:59 -0300

On 03/07/10 14:34, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 08:46:52PM +0000, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
>    
>> do you have any update on this? the oldest kernel version in the archive is
>> 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13 so I think this bug doesn't apply anymore.
>> Plus, vde 1.5 is not distributed anymore. Do you confirm it works with latest
>> stable/testing and vde2?
>>      
> a lot of time has passed, things have evolved, I believe this bug can be
> closed as no longer applies.
>
> filippo
>    

I agree with you since the case doesn't apply anymore.

Thanks.
Ernesto

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