Bug 684483

Summary: Spooled print won't start due to bad routing table
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dave Blackburn <blackburn>
Component: initscriptsAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 14CC: iarlyy, initscripts-maint-list, jonathan, jpopelka, notting, plautrba, rvokal, twaugh
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Description Dave Blackburn 2011-03-12 23:32:21 UTC
Description of problem:

Spooled print won't start printing due to an extraneous routing table entry.
Deleting the extraneous entry allows printing.

I don't know if it is cups that makes the extraneous routing table entry.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Version     : 1.4.6                             Vendor: Fedora Project
Release     : 1.fc14                        Build Date: Fri Jan  7 03:43:02 2011

How reproducible:

Send print to a network printer when an extraneous routing table entry exists.
I don't know what causes the extraneous entry.
After deleting the bad entry, it shows up again.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Observe extraneous routing table entry
2. Spool print file to network printer.
3.
  
Actual results:

File is spooled to printer.
Status of spooled entry is: Printing.
File never prints.

Expected results:

File should print.

Additional info:

# service NetworkManager status
NetworkManager is stopped
# service network status
Configured devices:
lo eth0 eth1
Currently active devices:
lo eth1 eth0
# service cups status
cupsd (pid  4497) is running...

# lpq
lp is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  blackbu 51      (stdin)                         12288 bytes

# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
10.90.113.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth1
192.168.251.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth1
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth0
0.0.0.0         10.90.113.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth1

After this command printing starts and works fine:
# route del -net 169.254.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth1

eth1 is the interface to my ISP.
eth0 is the interface to my internal subnet.

I suspect the invalid 169.254.0.0 ... eth1 entry might be getting set 
outside of cups.
If that's the case I presume this bug should be reassigned to the
appropriate culprit.

If I can get clues as to where/why the bad routing entry gets set,
I will add such info to this bug.

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2011-03-14 11:43:32 UTC
How have you set up networking?  By the look of it, you are not using NetworkManager (as that service is stopped).  Did you adjust configuration files by hand, or use some other tool to configure networking?

Comment 2 Dave Blackburn 2011-03-14 21:51:30 UTC
How have you set up networking?  
By the look of it, you are not using
NetworkManager (as that service is stopped).

True. 

Did you adjust configuration
files by hand, or use some other tool to configure networking?

By hand using a script I developed.

# cfgnw -L tennw

cat hosts-tennw
127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 cs4.cs cs4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

aaa.bbb.ccc.5   cs5     cs5.cs
aaa.bbb.ccc.4   cs4     cs4.cs
aaa.bbb.ccc.3   cs3     cs3.cs
aaa.bbb.ccc.2   cs2     cs2.cs

208.67.220.220  resolver2.opendns.com
208.67.222.222  resolver1.opendns.com

cat ifcfg-eth0-tennw
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=aaa.bbb.ccc.255
IPADDR=aaa.bbb.ccc.4
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=aaa.bbb.ccc.0
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Ethernet

cat ifcfg-eth1-tennw
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=aaa.bbb.ccc.255
IPADDR=aaa.bbb.ccc.44
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=aaa.bbb.ccc.0
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Ethernet

cat network-tennw
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=cs4.cs
FORWARD_IPV4=
DOMAINNAME=
GATEWAY=aaa.bbb.ccc.1
GATEWAYDEV=eth1
TIMESERV=aaa.bbb.ccc.18
DESC=""

cat resolv.conf-tennw
; DNS servers
nameserver 208.67.220.220  # resolver2.opendns.com
nameserver 208.67.222.222  # resolver1.opendns.com

# domain isp.net
# search isp.net
nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.1 # ns1.isp.net
nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.2 # ns2.isp.net

Comment 3 Dave Blackburn 2011-03-15 01:59:15 UTC
ifup eth1 causes this entry:
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth1
ifdown eth1
removes the entry.

So this is presumably not a cups bug.
By doing ifdown then ifup the unwanted routing entry comes after the eth0 entry.
So the eth1 entry no longer causes problems with cups.

Based on what I read about 169.254.0.0/16, creation of this entry on ifup is perhaps not a bug.

I'm thinking it may be appropriate to close this bug.
However, it provides useful workaround info for someone with a config similar to mine.

# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
10.90.113.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth1
192.168.251.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth1
0.0.0.0         10.90.113.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth1
# ifdown eth1
# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
192.168.251.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth0
# ifup eth1
# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
10.90.113.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth1
192.168.251.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth1

Comment 4 Tim Waugh 2011-03-15 09:46:21 UTC
OK, changing component to initscripts (which owns /sbin/ifup) to verify that there's no bug there.

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2011-03-15 15:32:59 UTC
What's the output of 'ip route ls' when you have these routes?

Comment 6 Dave Blackburn 2011-03-15 17:49:25 UTC
 ip route ls
10.90.113.0/24 dev eth1  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.90.113.44 
192.168.251.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.251.4 
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1002 
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1  scope link  metric 1003 
default via 10.90.113.1 dev eth1

Comment 7 Bill Nottingham 2011-03-15 18:03:01 UTC
Given that they have different metrics (causing the eth0 route to  be preferred over the eth1 route), this shouldn't cause any issues.

Are you printing via link-local/mDNS?

Comment 8 Dave Blackburn 2011-03-15 18:54:57 UTC
Originally the eth1 route came first.
A workaround is to ifdown eth1; ifup eth1 causing eth0 to then be preferred.

Printing is configured:
hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_P1505n?ip=169.254.181.246

Comment 9 Bill Nottingham 2011-03-15 19:04:38 UTC
With both routes in the table, but eth1 first, can you ping the printer?

Comment 10 Dave Blackburn 2011-03-15 19:26:28 UTC
>> With both routes in the table, but eth1 first, can you ping the printer?
No.

ifup/ifdown leaves eth1 second.
route del/add was able to get eth1 first.

# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
10.90.113.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth1
192.168.251.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth1
0.0.0.0         10.90.113.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth1
# route del -net 169.254.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth1
# route add -net 169.254.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth1
# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
10.90.113.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth1
192.168.251.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth1
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth0
0.0.0.0         10.90.113.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth1
# 
# 
# ping 169.254.181.246
PING 169.254.181.246 (169.254.181.246) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.90.113.44 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 169.254.181.246 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2999ms

# route del -net 169.254.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth1
# ping 169.254.181.246
PING 169.254.181.246 (169.254.181.246) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 169.254.181.246: icmp_req=1 ttl=255 time=1.05 ms
64 bytes from 169.254.181.246: icmp_req=2 ttl=255 time=0.214 ms
^C
--- 169.254.181.246 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.214/0.633/1.053/0.420 ms

Comment 11 Dave Blackburn 2011-05-30 15:33:02 UTC
I discovered a clean solution to the problem of cups trying to access the printer via 169.254.0.0/24 on the wrong interface.

I simply add: 
NOZEROCONF=true
to the appropiate file:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth*
in my case eth1

The use of NOZEROCONF can be confusing.
Setting it to yes, no, or anything gives the same result i.e. disabling Zero Configuration Network (ZEROCONF).

Perhaps someone can figure out a way to improve the documentation.
I think it makes sense to convert this bug to a documentation enhancement bug.

These all come up empty:
zgrep NOZEROCONF $(rpm -ql initscripts | grep /man)
zgrep NOZEROCONF $(rpm -ql cups | grep /man)
zgrep NOZEROCONF /usr/share/doc/cups-{[0-9]*,libs*}

It is documented here:
zgrep NOZEROCONF /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/*

However, knowing to look for NOZEROCONF can be a hurdle (was for me).
Also, knowing where to look can be a hurdle.

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