On Saturday 26 April 2008 10:49, Anne Wilson wrote: > This morning my laptop could not connect to the server by its fstab mounts. > I restarted nfs and restarted the network on the server, all without > making any difference. Restarting the network brought > > Bringing up interface borg2: RTNETLINK answers: File exists > Error adding address 192.168.0.40 for eth0. > > but ifconfig shows the correct address for eth0. > > What else should I look for? > I presume these lines are relevant - Apr 26 11:11:52 borg2 automount[2547]: create_udp_client: hostname lookup failed: No such process Apr 26 11:11:52 borg2 automount[2547]: create_tcp_client: hostname lookup failed: No such process Apr 26 11:11:52 borg2 automount[2547]: lookup_mount: exports lookup failed for .directory What is the cause of this? Thanks Anne