Description of problem: FC5 is running as a VMware Workstation 5.5.1 guest OS. Network interface eth0 cannot be activiated following upgrade of kernel to 2.6.16-1.2107. Fails to obtain IP address using DHCP. No problem obtaining IP address using previous kernel 2.6.16-1.2096. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.16-1.2107 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start VMware Workstation 5.5.1 on Windows 2000 Pro host OS 2. Start FC5 x86_64 guest OS 3. Select "Fedora Core (2.6.16-1.2096_FC5)" from Grub menu 4. Log in as superuser 5. Use yum and upgrade kernel and kernel-devel 6. Restart system 7. Select "Fedora Core (2.6.16-1.2107_FC5) from Grub menu Actual results: Get this displayed on terminal Bring up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0... failed [FAILED] Expected results: Interface eth0 successfully brought up. [OK] in place of [FAILED]. Additional info: Do not have this problem on the 32-bit FC5 guest OS after upgrading the kernel to 2.6.16-1.2107.
I do have this problem on the 32-bit FC5 guest OS after upgrading the kernel to 2.6.16-1.2107.
I also have this problem on all three of my network interfaces with this kernel on an x86_64 system. Had to revert to 2.6.16-1.2096.
Also happens here - Dell Precision 450 (32bit) using e1000 module, vanilla install. 2.6.16-1.2096 works as expected. A basic ping test seems to work, but any higher-level usage results in a stalled connection.
failed for me as well - had to revert to 2.6.16-1.2096 from 2.6.16-1.2107. x86_64 - under kernel 2.6.16-1.2096 dmesg |grep 'eth' forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.49. eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 0105b:0ca2 bound to 0000:00:0a.0
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2111 ***