RTNETLINK answers: File exists |Failed to bring up lo

  • Hey guys,


    after a lot of googleing and changing the interfaces file my beloved OMV is still hanging @ boot with this message on the very bottom of the screen.
    What did I do to get this error?

    • I have had a configured IPv4 eth0 with a static IP address and gateway.
    • I installed nginx and owncloud - no problems here.
    • I wanted to access my owncloud from the internet, therefor I require a IPv6 address due to my provider and the open port.
    • I enabled IPv6 and set it to dhcp in the GUI (--> think this is were the error sits static IPv4 vs. dhcp IPv6) --> saved it ... now I'm hanging @ boot.

    What I tried so far:

    • got myself a debian live USB stick
    • mounted my omv-hdd
    • edited /etc/host (added the loopback - was missing - is it required?)
    • edited /etc/network/interfaces to only hold "auto lo" and "iface ... inet loopback"

    What else could I do to bring-up loopback again? It really is frustrating :(


  • Hello OMVs!


    I managed to fix my OMV installation. It took a while to figure it out...
    I ran into the avahi service configuring the local network behavior.for somewhat reason it was us full to delete the entry for using IPv6 within the configuration file for this service.


    A reboot then resulted in a filled /etc/networks/interfaces file - I then again deleted all entries about IPv6 and voila...omv was at least booting so I could login in the consoles.
    I then tried to call omv-firstaid, which was working but setting up the network interface failed due to a not startet monit-service. Had to fix some stuff there, then could setup the interface with first aid consol.


    Took me around 4h to figure this stuff out. A pain as some might guess.


    Maybe someone could explain in more detail what might have caused this error.


    Cheeres and happy weekend!

  • I too had this problem. It occured after I inadvertently set OMV to use iPv6 when I was using OMV-Firstaid to troubleshoot connection problems I was having. Finding your post totally saved me from a re-install.


    I manged to start the computer with a live Linux distro, found the /etc/networks/interface on my OMV master drive and commented out any lines that referred to iPv6. Saved the file, re-booted with out the stick and it worked. Apparently, OMV has some issues with iPv6.


    Thanks!

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