Description of problem: When doing "services network restart" there are several errors reported, but networking still works. Card is an internal Cisco Aironet card on a Thinkpad T40. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Not sure how to get version of network services How reproducible: Every time I restart Steps to Reproduce: 1. # services network restart Actual results: [root@thinkpad ~]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device eth0 ; Invalid argument. Determining IP information for eth0... failed. [FAILED] [root@thinkpad ~]# BUT - networking is running perfectly well. No errors encountered when restarting the RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Expected results: Expected service to be started up without any errors. Or expected the service to not work due to the [FAILED] status Additional info: [root@thinkpad ~]# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. dev26323 no wireless extensions. eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"DRS596T" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:B5:1B:09:A8 Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535 Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-** Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=90/100 Signal level=-50 dBm Noise level=-97 dBm Rx invalid nwid:38 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:24843 Missed beacon:0 wifi0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"DRS596T" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:B5:1B:09:A8 Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535 Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-** Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=90/100 Signal level=-50 dBm Noise level=-97 dBm Rx invalid nwid:38 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:24843 Missed beacon:0 sit0 no wireless extensions. [root@thinkpad ~]# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] 02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01) 02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01) 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) (rev 03) 02:02.0 Network controller: AIRONET Wireless Communications Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b Oh - I don't know if it's of any importance, but I've always had the Intel controller recognised as eth0 and the wireless as eth1 before. Fedora Core 5 seems to want to put things the other way around for some reason.
Ok, here we go.. We are going to need some files.. /etc/sysconfig/hwconf the output of the command /usr/sbin/kudzu -p -c NETWORK Also, just to be clear eth0 is your wired card.. wifi0 is your expected wireless card ?
Right, here you go: [root@thinkpad ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/hwconf - class: OTHER bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: snd-intel8x0m desc: "Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Contro ller" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 24c6 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 0524 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1f pcifn: 6 - class: OTHER bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: i2c-i801 desc: "Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 24c3 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 052d pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1f pcifn: 3 - class: OTHER bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: i8xx_tco desc: "Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 24cc subVendorId: 0000 subDeviceId: 0000 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1f pcifn: 0 - class: OTHER bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: hw_random desc: "Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 2448 subVendorId: 0000 subDeviceId: 0000 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1e pcifn: 0 - class: OTHER bus: PCI detached: 0 desc: "Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 3341 subVendorId: 0000 subDeviceId: 0000 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1 pcifn: 0 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "IBM0057" deviceId: IBM0057 compat: PNP0f13 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "IBM0068" deviceId: IBM0068 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "IBM0071" deviceId: IBM0071 compat: PNP0511 - class: OTHER bus: PCI detached: 0 desc: "Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 3340 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 0529 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 0 pcifn: 0 - class: OTHER bus: USB detached: 0 desc: "Linux 2.6.15-1.1869_FC5 ehci_hcd EHCI Host Controller" usbclass: 9 usbsubclass: 0 usbprotocol: 0 usbbus: 4 usblevel: 0 usbport: 0 usbdev: 1 vendorId: 0000 deviceId: 0000 usbmfr: Linux 2.6.15-1.1869_FC5 ehci_hcd usbprod: EHCI Host Controller - class: OTHER bus: USB detached: 0 desc: "Linux 2.6.15-1.1869_FC5 uhci_hcd UHCI Host Controller" usbclass: 9 usbsubclass: 0 usbprotocol: 0 usbbus: 1 usblevel: 0 usbport: 0 usbdev: 1 vendorId: 0000 deviceId: 0000 usbmfr: Linux 2.6.15-1.1869_FC5 uhci_hcd usbprod: UHCI Host Controller - class: OTHER bus: USB detached: 0 desc: "Linux 2.6.15-1.1869_FC5 uhci_hcd UHCI Host Controller" usbclass: 9 usbsubclass: 0 usbprotocol: 0 usbbus: 2 usblevel: 0 usbport: 0 usbdev: 1 vendorId: 0000 deviceId: 0000 usbmfr: Linux 2.6.15-1.1869_FC5 uhci_hcd usbprod: UHCI Host Controller - class: OTHER bus: USB detached: 0 desc: "Linux 2.6.15-1.1869_FC5 uhci_hcd UHCI Host Controller" usbclass: 9 usbsubclass: 0 usbprotocol: 0 usbbus: 3 usblevel: 0 usbport: 0 usbdev: 1 vendorId: 0000 deviceId: 0000 usbmfr: Linux 2.6.15-1.1869_FC5 uhci_hcd usbprod: UHCI Host Controller - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "PNP0200" deviceId: PNP0200 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "PNP0303" deviceId: PNP0303 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 driver: parport_pc desc: "PNP0400" deviceId: PNP0400 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "PNP0501" deviceId: PNP0501 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "PNP0700" deviceId: PNP0700 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "PNP0800" deviceId: PNP0800 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "PNP0b00" deviceId: PNP0b00 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "PNP0c01" deviceId: PNP0c01 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "PNP0c02" deviceId: PNP0c02 - class: OTHER bus: ISAPNP detached: 0 desc: "PNP0c04" deviceId: PNP0c04 - class: OTHER bus: PSAUX detached: 0 desc: "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" - class: NETWORK bus: PCI detached: 0 device: eth1 driver: e1000 desc: "Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile)" network.hwaddr: 00:0d:60:2d:4d:50 vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 101e subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 0549 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 2 pcidev: 1 pcifn: 0 - class: NETWORK bus: PCI detached: 0 device: eth0 driver: airo desc: "AIRONET Wireless Communications Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b" network.hwaddr: 00:02:8a:bd:31:86 vendorId: 14b9 deviceId: a504 subVendorId: 14b9 subDeviceId: 5000 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 2 pcidev: 2 pcifn: 0 - class: MOUSE bus: PSAUX detached: 0 device: input/mice driver: synaptics desc: "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" - class: AUDIO bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: snd-intel8x0 desc: "Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Contro ller" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 24c5 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 0537 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1f pcifn: 5 - class: CDROM bus: IDE detached: 0 device: hdc desc: "TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R9012" - class: VIDEO bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: radeonfb desc: "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]" video.xdriver: ati vendorId: 1002 deviceId: 4c57 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 0530 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 1 pcidev: 0 pcifn: 0 - class: VIDEO bus: DDC detached: 0 desc: "ATI Technologies Inc. P7" mem: 32704 - class: FLOPPY bus: MISC detached: 1 device: fd0 desc: "3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive" - class: HD bus: IDE detached: 0 device: hda desc: "HITACHI_DK23EB-40B" physical: 16383/16/63 logical: 65535/16/63 - class: KEYBOARD bus: PSAUX detached: 0 desc: "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" - class: MONITOR bus: DDC detached: 0 desc: "ThinkPad LCD" id: IBM0a55 - class: MONITOR bus: DDC detached: 0 desc: "ThinkPad TV" id: PNP09fe - class: USB bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: ehci-hcd desc: "Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 24cd subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 052e pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1d pcifn: 7 - class: USB bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: uhci-hcd desc: "Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controlle r #3" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 24c7 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 052d pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1d pcifn: 2 - class: USB bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: uhci-hcd desc: "Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controlle r #2" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 24c4 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 052d pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1d pcifn: 1 - class: USB bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: uhci-hcd desc: "Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controlle r #1" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 24c2 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 052d pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1d pcifn: 0 - class: SOCKET bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: yenta_socket desc: "Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller" vendorId: 104c deviceId: ac55 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 0512 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 2 pcidev: 0 pcifn: 1 - class: SOCKET bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: yenta_socket desc: "Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller" vendorId: 104c deviceId: ac55 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 0512 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 2 pcidev: 0 pcifn: 0 - class: IDE bus: PCI detached: 0 desc: "Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller" vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 24ca subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 052d pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 1f pcifn: 1 [root@thinkpad ~]# /usr/sbin/kudzu -p -c NETWORK - class: NETWORK bus: PCI detached: 0 device: eth1 driver: e1000 desc: "Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile)" network.hwaddr: 00:0d:60:2d:4d:50 vendorId: 8086 deviceId: 101e subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 0549 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 2 pcidev: 1 pcifn: 0 - class: NETWORK bus: PCI detached: 0 device: eth0 driver: airo desc: "AIRONET Wireless Communications Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b" network.hwaddr: 00:02:8a:bd:31:86 vendorId: 14b9 deviceId: a504 subVendorId: 14b9 subDeviceId: 5000 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 2 pcidev: 2 pcifn: 0 [root@thinkpad ~]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:8A:BD:31:86 inet6 addr: fe80::202:8aff:febd:3186/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:2523 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:2523 TX packets:127 errors:127 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:22938 (22.4 KiB) Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:20052 (19.5 KiB) TX bytes:20052 (19.5 KiB) [root@thinkpad ~]# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. dev9105 no wireless extensions. eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"DRS596T" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535 Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-** Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-106 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm Rx invalid nwid:378 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:161425 Missed beacon:0 wifi0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"DRS596T" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535 Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-** Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-106 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm Rx invalid nwid:378 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:161425 Missed beacon:0 sit0 no wireless extensions. [root@thinkpad ~]# As you can see, the wireless card is coming up as eth0. The wired card comes up as eth1, but I've disabled it at the moment as I've no network to connect to. Anything else I can do? Duncan
ok.. can you open up.. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 Make sure mode is set to something like. MODE=Managed or MODE=Ad-Hoc Make sure that there is strange characters or incorrect spelling.
OK, ifcfg-eth0 looks as follows: [root@thinkpad ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 # AIRONET Wireless Communications Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:02:8A:BD:31:86 ONBOOT=yes DHCP_HOSTNAME=thinkpad.innes.net IPADDR= DOMAIN= NETMASK= TYPE=Wireless ESSID=DRS596T CHANNEL=1 MODE=Auto RATE=Auto USERCTL=no IPV6INIT=no PEERDNS=yes [root@thinkpad ~]# Is Auto OK? I'll change to Managed and then Ad-Hoc to see if this helps. The system has been fully updated to kernel 2.6.15-1.1907_FC5 Cheers Duncan
A bit more investigation shows the following: [root@thinkpad ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 | grep MODE MODE=Managed [root@thinkpad ~]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0... failed. [FAILED] [root@thinkpad ~]# ping www.specsavers.com PING www.specsavers.com (213.163.204.4) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 213.163.204.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=43.6 ms 64 bytes from 213.163.204.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=38.2 ms 64 bytes from 213.163.204.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=39.9 ms --- www.specsavers.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 38.250/40.607/43.673/2.281 ms [root@thinkpad ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 | grep MODE MODE=Ad-Hoc [root@thinkpad ~]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0... failed. [FAILED] [root@thinkpad ~]# ping www.specsavers.com ping: unknown host www.specsavers.com [root@thinkpad ~]# ping www.bds.tv ping: unknown host www.bds.tv [root@thinkpad ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 | grep MODE MODE=Auto [root@thinkpad ~]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device eth0 ; Invalid argument. Determining IP information for eth0... failed. [FAILED] [root@thinkpad ~]# ping www.bds.tv ping: unknown host www.bds.tv [root@thinkpad ~]# ping www.specsavers.com ping: unknown host www.specsavers.com [root@thinkpad ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 | grep MODE MODE=Managed [root@thinkpad ~]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0... failed. [FAILED] [root@thinkpad ~]# ping www.specsavers.com PING www.specsavers.com (213.163.204.4) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 213.163.204.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=39.7 ms 64 bytes from 213.163.204.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=40.3 ms 64 bytes from 213.163.204.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=41.2 ms 64 bytes from 213.163.204.4: icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=40.3 ms --- www.specsavers.com ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 2998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 39.773/40.434/41.235/0.541 ms [root@thinkpad ~]# ping www.bds.tv PING bds.tv (212.58.235.185) 56(84) bytes of data. --- bds.tv ping statistics --- 7 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 6000ms [root@thinkpad ~]# ping www.bbc.co.uk PING www.bbc.net.uk (212.58.224.114) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from www14.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.114): icmp_seq=1 ttl=250 time=22.5 ms 64 bytes from www14.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.114): icmp_seq=2 ttl=250 time=22.3 ms 64 bytes from www14.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.114): icmp_seq=3 ttl=250 time=23.2 ms 64 bytes from www14.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.114): icmp_seq=4 ttl=250 time=23.5 ms --- www.bbc.net.uk ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3001ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 22.309/22.934/23.593/0.524 ms [root@thinkpad ~]# So it was working in MODE=Auto before the test began. It then worked in MODE=Managed, but not in MODE=Ad-Hoc (makes sense as it's a managed router connection. After I tried Ad-Hoc and changed it back to Auto, it wouldn't work. Changing back to MODE=Managed and everything is working again. The messages for "service network restart" appear to be wrong for each time that the service starts up and works however. Anything else I can provide to help track this down? Duncan
These bugs are being closed since a large number of updates have been released after the FC5 test1 and test2 releases. Kindly update your system by running yum update as root user or try out the third and final test version of FC5 being released in a short while and verify if the bugs are still present on the system .Reopen or file new bug reports as appropriate after confirming the presence of this issue. Thanks
Confirm that this bug has been tested with the latest yum updates and the problem still exists.
Upgraded to Fedora Core 5 test 3 via downloaded DVD. Find that the RJ45 and Wireless interfaces have now swapped round so that eth0 is wired and eth1 is wireless. Restarting network now gives different message, but service IS still working. [root@localhost ~]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down interface eth1: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth1: Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable? [FAILED] [root@localhost ~]# ping fedoraforum.org PING fedoraforum.org (70.85.88.134) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 70.85.88.134 (70.85.88.134): icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=123 ms 64 bytes from 70.85.88.134 (70.85.88.134): icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=132 ms 64 bytes from 70.85.88.134 (70.85.88.134): icmp_seq=4 ttl=46 time=124 ms 64 bytes from 70.85.88.134 (70.85.88.134): icmp_seq=5 ttl=46 time=121 ms --- fedoraforum.org ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time 3997ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 121.676/125.419/132.488/4.182 ms
OK, Had to completely re-install the laptop from scratch due to the networking becoming completely unusable. Have now formatted the drive and installed FC5t3 from the DVD. eth0, eth1 and wifi0 now show up in Network Configuration, but both eth0 and eth1 are displayed as wired interfaces. I can configure eth1 to pick up a DHCP address, but eth0 is missing the Wireless tab to enable me to configure it properly. Where do I go from here? Duncan
Created attachment 125236 [details] ifcfg-eth0 script After first boot of fresh FC5t3 install, this script was flagged as TYPE=Ethernet so Network Configuration GUI screen couldn't configure the wireless parts. I changed this entry to TYPE=Wireless and was then able to configure using the Network Configuration GUI. Won't find an IP address via DHCP though!
Created attachment 125237 [details] ifcfg-eth0 script
Created attachment 125238 [details] Output of ifconfig command
Created attachment 125239 [details] Output of iwconfig command
Created attachment 125241 [details] Output of lspci command
-> system-config-network since this is the sysconf scripts.
Created attachment 125310 [details] /etc/sysconfig/nework Hope this is the right file. Did a format and re-install of FC5t3 from DVD over the weekend, but left Xen OFF the list this time to test another bug. The world of woe into which I had descended with the networking seems to have vanished. I'm now back to the stage that the network interface works. I think the only issue I have now is that the interface fails to start up on boot. The message during boot is something about MAC address not being the same. What it is not the same as I am not sure. Once booted and logged in, however, the interface will come up reasonably cleanly with a `service network restart`. I say reasonably as there are still some messeges as shown below: Bringing up interface eth0: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device eth0 ; Invalid argument. Determining IP information for eth0... done. [ OK ] The service status is [ OK ] though - which is better than the failed of before.
The final "new" bit of information I have at the moment is that the interface is crashing sometimes. Not sure exactly what it is related to, but it's only happened when I've been rsync'ing my music and videos over the wireless. Both times I've been ssh'd into my desktop machine and running evolution on the display on my laptop. The evolution will freeze completely and the network will be completely unresponsive. No amount of 'service network restart' will work, and a shutdown will fail with the screen blacked out and no status lights flashing. I have to power down the laptop and re-boot it to get networking running again. I've checked it's not the router as there is one other wireless device connected at this time without any problems. Could there be an issue with the device after a certain amount of data has been transferred? Duncan
Hmm, could you open a new bug against component "kernel" and describe the crashing? This is a kernel driver bug.
I'd forgotten about this bug. I'm currently using the laptop with great success under FC5 final. There ARE some niggling network issues, but not really related to this crashing. Would it be better to close this bug as times have moved on somewhat from FC5T3? Thanks Duncan
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
Unfortunately, the only Thinkpad T40 I have has been used for FC6 testing and now runs FC6 final. I don't recall there being any error recently. I still get wireless errors after a period of use on the secured work network, but I'll submit a new bug under FC6 if I find this necessary (not sure whether it's the WAP I'm connecting to at the moment) Please close the bug - I'll not put a resolution on it as I don't know how to clasify this. I just can't tell if it's still an issue, but I don't THINK that it is. Duncan Innes