Description of problem: After installing Fedora 29 and rebooting, my Realtek Ethernet doesn't work and is bridged by virbr0 with no working internet/networking connections. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora 29 2. Reboot Computer 3. Wired Ethernet doesn't work. Status of Wired Connection in Network Manager is (unplugged) Actual results: Wired Ethernet stops working and is bridged by virbr0. No internet access is available in either. No VM's are used in this bug. Expected results: Working wired ethernet. Additional info: Using a Realtek onboard NIC 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) The fix is to reload the driver via 'sudo rmmod r8169' & 'modprobe r8169' then everything works as it should.
Forgot to mention kernel version: Linux localhost.localdomain 4.19.9-300.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 13 17:25:01 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
This is a duplicate of bug 1650984, people have been debugging this issue in that bug and hopefully a fix will be available soon (but it is a hard to pin down issue). Please add any further comments you may have to bug 1650984. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1650984 ***