Bug 544105 (avillarrealpouw)

Summary: The network interface does not come up when "netprofile=eth0" is added to the kernel params.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Andres Villarreal <avillarrealpouw>
Component: system-config-networkAssignee: Harald Hoyer <harald>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Andres Villarreal 2009-12-03 22:22:24 UTC
Description of problem: When I add the "netprofile=eth0" parameter to the kernel invocation in grub.conf and disable the NetworkManager daemon, the interface will not go up. The interface can be set manually after bootup.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64, system-config-network-tui version 1.5.99, release 1.fc12


How reproducible: always happens at boot up.


Steps to Reproduce:
********** problem # 1 ********************
[root@avillarrcasa ~]# killall -SIGTERM dhclient
[root@avillarrcasa ~]# ip link set eth0 down
[root@avillarrcasa ~]# /usr/sbin/system-config-network-cmd -e
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.AllowUser=False
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.AutoDNS=True
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.BootProto=dhcp
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.Device=eth0
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.DeviceId=eth0
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.HardwareAddress=00:16:17:70:29:9B
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.Hostname=avillarrcasa.villarrealpouw.name
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.IPv6Init=False
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.NMControlled=False
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.OnBoot=True
DeviceList.Ethernet.eth0.Type=Ethernet
HardwareList.Ethernet.eth0.Card.ModuleName=r8169
HardwareList.Ethernet.eth0.Description=Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
HardwareList.Ethernet.eth0.Name=eth0
HardwareList.Ethernet.eth0.Status=system
HardwareList.Ethernet.eth0.Type=Ethernet
ProfileList.default.Active=True
ProfileList.default.ActiveDevices.1=eth0
ProfileList.default.DNS.Domainname=
ProfileList.default.DNS.Hostname=avillarrcasa.villarrealpouw.name
ProfileList.default.DNS.PrimaryDNS=200.31.197.210
ProfileList.default.DNS.SearchList.1=villarrealpouw.name
ProfileList.default.DNS.SecondaryDNS=201.244.70.34
ProfileList.default.DNS.TertiaryDNS=
ProfileList.default.HostsList.1.AliasList.1=localhost.localdomain
ProfileList.default.HostsList.1.AliasList.2=localhost4
ProfileList.default.HostsList.1.AliasList.3=localhost4.localdomain4
ProfileList.default.HostsList.1.AliasList.4=avillarrcasa.villarrealpouw.name
ProfileList.default.HostsList.1.Hostname=localhost
ProfileList.default.HostsList.1.IP=127.0.0.1
ProfileList.default.HostsList.2.AliasList.1=localhost.localdomain
ProfileList.default.HostsList.2.AliasList.2=localhost6
ProfileList.default.HostsList.2.AliasList.3=localhost6.localdomain6
ProfileList.default.HostsList.2.AliasList.4=avillarrcasa.villarrealpouw.name
ProfileList.default.HostsList.2.Hostname=localhost
ProfileList.default.HostsList.2.IP=::1
ProfileList.default.ProfileName=default
[root@avillarrcasa ~]# /usr/sbin/system-config-network-cmd -a --profile eth0
Network device activating...
Activating network device eth0, please wait...
An unhandled exception has occured.  This is most likely a bug.
Please file a detailed bug report against the component system-config-network at 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
using the text below.
Component: system-config-network
Version: 1.5.99
Summary: TB /usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py:588:generic_run_dialog:AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'join'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/system-config-network-cmd", line 388, in main
    (ret, msg) = device.activate()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCDevice.py", line 523, in activate
    dialog = dialog )
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py", line 588, in generic_run_dialog
    log.log(1, "Running %s %s" % (command, argv.join()))
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'join'

Local variables in innermost frame:
searchPath: 0
errlabel: Cannot activate network device eth0!

title: Network device activating...
stdin: 0
argv: ['/sbin/ifup', 'eth0', 'up']
label: Activating network device eth0, please wait...
catchfd: (1, 2)
command: /sbin/ifup
closefd: -1
dialog: None
root: /
select: <module 'select' from '/usr/lib64/python2.6/lib-dynload/selectmodule.so'>

**************** problem # 2 ***************

The program /usr/bin/system-config-network-cmd is called by /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, line 818, but the state of the interface does not change.

  
Actual results: in file /usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py, line 588 an AttributeError appears and the program crashes.

During bootup the program system-config-network-cmd is called but no changes are seen in the interface's state.


Expected results: Device eth0 should have been set to "up" status and dhclient should have given it a starting configuration.


Additional info:
*********** problem 1 *****************
The line in file /usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py, line 588, prints some information in the logs, but has no effect in the program's function. In my case, the values that should have been written (as seen by pdb) are:

(Pdb) print command
/sbin/ifup
(Pdb) print param
['/sbin/ifup', 'eth0', 'up']

and the "join" function is not valid for its expected use in this context. I erased the line from the source code and everything now works.

**************** problem 2 *****************
By adding the "-a" parameter to the line 818 of /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, so it is seen as:

/usr/sbin/system-config-network-cmd -a --profile ${arg##netprofile=}

the bootup process does the expected activation of the interface and the activation of DHCP.

Comment 1 Andres Villarreal 2009-12-04 15:30:40 UTC
If you change:

    log.log(1, "Running %s %s" % (command, argv.join()))

to:

    log.log(1, "Running %s %s" % (command, join(argv)))

in file /usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py, line 588

and:

    rx += ([ ('[^'+self.separators+']*' + seps) ] * fieldnum).join()

to:

    rx += "".join([ ('[^'+self.separators+']*' + seps) ] * fieldnum)

in file /usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/conf/Conf.py, line 249

this mistake with the join command will be corrected from package system-config-network-tui and system-config-network

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