So I rebooted my machine today after compiling the latest kernel, and not I can't start my networking services. So I rebooted back to my old kernel and still errors. Anyone have a clue? I'm running debian unstable, and I tried 2.2 and 2.4 kernels. Reconfiguring network interfaces: lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor SIOCDELRT: No such process SIOCSIFADDR: Bad file descriptor lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor SIOCSIFADDR: Bad file descriptor eth0: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor SIOCSIFNETMASK: Bad file descriptor SIOCSIFBRDADDR: Bad file descriptor eth0: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor eth0: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor done. ac:~# My /etc/network/interfaces file hasn't changed in ages.