Description of problem: dhcp client can't get ip in kernel-2.6.20-1.2930.fc7. $service network start failed /var/log/messages [...] localhost kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.60. [...] localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. localhost dhclient: Trying recorded lease 192.168.0.4 [...] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.20-1.2930.fc7 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: /sbin/lspci | grep net 00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) dhclient-3.0.5-19.fc7 dhclient works well in kernel-2.6.20-1.2925.fc7.
The same problem is here when trying network installation from devel tree (2.6.20-1.2932). Older versions of the kernel works fine.
I tryed to bot with pci=nomsi (see bug #222556) and with napic but it does not work. It seems that the first DHCP works, but then DNS failed (to download kickstart file) and second DHCP does not work at all too. Numeric IP address does not helped too. The kernel 2.6.20-1.2930 does not work too even tryed in working FC6 installation. I have onboard nVidia MCP51 (forcedeth driver).
Today kernel 2.6.20-1.2936.fc7 (2.6.20-git15) is still broken.
kernel-2.6.20-1.2949.fc7 ------------------------ * Mon Feb 26 2007 Dave Jones <davej> - Fix up radeonfb backlight. - Revert forcedeth changes so that it works again.
Confirming that the latest kernel-2.6.20-1.2949.fc7 works. Thank you.