[Freedombox-discuss] apt upgrade creates eth0 network interface

[Dietmar]

Am Donnerstag, den 12.05.2016, 18:28 -0400 schrieb James Valleroy:

> On 05/12/2016 03:07 PM, Dietmar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I did yesterday an 'apt upgrade' (my impression is that
> > unattended-upgrades are not working, but no proof yet, no error
> > messages in the log).
> > The result was that I had a new network interface 'eth0' again, which
> > was activated, additionally to the 'FreedomBox WAN'.
> > I had to remove (via Plinth) eth0 to have access from the outside to
> > the box again.
> > It's the 2nd or 3rd time I am observing this. So my impression is that
> > some configuration is getting overwritten during the upgrade process.
> > Has anyone else observed this?
> >
> 
> Just out of curiosity, were there any dpkg prompts during the apt upgrade?

No, now dpkg prompts, but 2 packages are kept back because the new
versions in sid conflict with my owncloud.

> 
> > Also, I observed that my domain name was not listed any more in the
> > name-services. I had to enter it again to find it activated. The same
> > root cause?
> >
> 
> This sounds related to https://github.com/freedombox/Plinth/issues/262.
> When Plinth is restarted, the config module will add the current
> domainname to the Name Services page. But if the domain name is blank in
> Configuration (due to issue 262), then it won't be added.
> 
> A quick workaround for this issue is to change the hostname to anything
> other than the default value ("freedombox"). Then set the domain name
> again on the Configuration page.

Thanks
   Dietmar

> 
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> James
> 
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