Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 134383
I have 2 network cards. 4 are shown
Last modified: 2014-03-16 22:48:53 EDT
Description of problem: When I do 'Gnome->System Settings->Network-><tab>Hardware', I see 4 lines. Intel Corp. 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) Intel Corp. 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller Intel EtherExpress 1000/gigabit Intel EtherExpress 1000/gigabit I actually only have two - one is on the motherboard and the other is a PCI card. Other than being a bit strange, it does not seem to affect the operation of my system. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-network 1.3.20 How reproducible: I have seen mention of eth2 and eth3 in the console log during boot. This has been there for a couple of weeks or so. Steps to Reproduce: 1. as above 2. 3. Actual results: as above Expected results: Two hardware listings. Additional info: The devices tab also shows 4 devices. 'Gnome->System Tools->Hardware Browser-<select>Network devices' shows only two hardware devices (the top two lines above)
Maybe there are only configured, but not present. What does the 4th column say?
The 4th column says 'configured' for the phantom devices. I didn't configure them (did I?). device status eth0 ok eth1 ok eth2 configured eht3 configured
please attach your /etc/modules.conf reassigning to kudzu, which has configured your cards.
Hmm, no /etc/modules.conf on my active system [root@hoho2 aplus-fsf-4.20]# find /etc -name modules.conf\* -print If I widen the 'find', I see stuff from an old RH9 system on an unmounted disk (??) [root@hoho2 aplus-fsf-4.20]# find / -name modules.conf\* -print /media/scsidisk2/etc/modules.conf /media/scsidisk2/etc/modules.conf~ /media/scsidisk2/etc/modules.conf.nv /media/scsidisk2/etc/modules.conf.bak /media/scsidisk2/usr/share/man/man5/modules.conf.5.gz /usr/share/man/ja/man5/modules.conf.5.gz /usr/share/man/fr/man5/modules.conf.5.gz [root@hoho2 aplus-fsf-4.20]# Will /etc/modprobe.conf do? [root@hoho2 aplus-fsf-4.20]# ls -l /etc/modprobe* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 473 Oct 1 15:38 /etc/modprobe.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 456 Sep 1 12:33 /etc/modprobe.conf~ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5754 Sep 22 17:12 /etc/modprobe.conf.dist
Yes.
Created attachment 104821 [details] my /etc/modprobe.conf
Please attach /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*, as well.
Created attachment 104857 [details] my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Created attachment 104858 [details] my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
Created attachment 104859 [details] my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo
Created attachment 104861 [details] my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo.rpmorig Dates/versions: [user1@hoho2 ~]$ ls -l /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg* -rw-r--r-- 3 root root 272 Oct 1 15:38 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 -rw-r--r-- 3 root root 200 Oct 1 15:38 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 254 Jun 20 2001 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 254 Jun 20 2001 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo.rpmorig [user1@hoho2 ~]$ date Wed Oct 6 15:04:44 CDT 2004 [user1@hoho2 ~]$
Presumably if you remove the eth2 and eth3 aliases, everything behaves?
Presumably. However, I did not put the eth2 and eth3 aliases in there. The devil that stuck them in - could come back. I will whack them and see what happens..
Ok. I whacked the aliases for eth2 and eth3 from /etc/modprobe.conf and then rebooted. The 'Gnome->System Settings->Network-><tab>Hardware' shows only the real eth0 and eth1. However, the 'Gnome->System Settings->Network-><tab>Devices' still shows the phantom eth2 and 3. I then whacked the files /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth2 and ifcfg-eth3 and then rebooted. The 'Gnome->System Settings->Network' displayed data is now correct. Works for me (thanks)