Bug 450367 - Bad: NetworkManager doesnt detect my wired network
Summary: Bad: NetworkManager doesnt detect my wired network
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 9
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-06-07 03:59 UTC by Sameet
Modified: 2023-09-14 01:12 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-07-14 15:14:34 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
the /var/log/messages after restart (2.65 MB, application/octet-stream)
2008-06-09 18:25 UTC, Sameet
no flags Details

Description Sameet 2008-06-07 03:59:32 UTC
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Description of problem:
Bad: The NM doesnt detect my network. Though i can still browse and use the internet, the NM shows that the computer is 'not connected'
If i do a service network restart, I get the following message

Shutting down interface eth0:                              [  OK  ]
Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:                            [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:
Determining IP information for eth0...dhclient(5468) is already running - exiting.

This version of ISC DHCP is based on the release available
on ftp.isc.org.  Features have been added and other changes
have been made to the base software release in order to make
it work better with this distribution.

Please report for this software via the Red Hat Bugzilla site:
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com

exiting.
 failed.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686

How reproducible:
Sometimes


Steps to Reproduce:
1. In the networkManager the Enable Network should be ticked
2. as root "service network restart"
3.

Actual Results:
Shutting down interface eth0:                              [  OK  ]
Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:                            [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:
Determining IP information for eth0...dhclient(5468) is already running - exiting.

This version of ISC DHCP is based on the release available
on ftp.isc.org.  Features have been added and other changes
have been made to the base software release in order to make
it work better with this distribution.

Please report for this software via the Red Hat Bugzilla site:
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com

exiting.
 failed.

The NM then comes to life and shows that the network is connected.

Expected Results:
I have no idea

Additional info:

Comment 1 Dan Williams 2008-06-07 20:48:07 UTC
Could you try installing these testing packages?  They are known to fix some
situations where NM would not detect a wired network device.

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=51684


Thanks!


Comment 2 Sameet 2008-06-08 01:44:10 UTC
Hi,
Tried the solution you mentioned.  But to no avail.  It still NM still doesnt
detect my wired connection.  Moreover, till the NM doesnt detect the wired
connection PackageKit also doesnt work.  It says that I am "offline"  But yum
works from command line.

Thanks for the reply

(In reply to comment #1)
> Could you try installing these testing packages?  They are known to fix some
> situations where NM would not detect a wired network device.
> 
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=51684
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 



Comment 3 Dan Williams 2008-06-09 17:18:35 UTC
Could you restart your system and include the output of /var/log/messages by
attaching it to this bug report?  Thanks!  That'll give me a clue as to what
might be going on.

Comment 4 Sameet 2008-06-09 18:25:03 UTC
Created attachment 308739 [details]
the /var/log/messages after restart

I guess this is it

Comment 5 Sameet 2008-06-09 18:36:47 UTC
One more thing. 
Now if i do anything with the network settings, the machine simply reboots!!

Its really irritating

Comment 6 Dan Williams 2008-06-09 18:57:01 UTC
Jun  9 23:46:14 homebaner nm-system-settings:    ifcfg-fedora:     read
connection 'System eth0'
Jun  9 23:46:14 homebaner nm-system-settings:    ifcfg-fedora: Ignoring
connection 'ifcfg-eth0' and its device because NM_CONTROLLED was false.
Jun  9 23:46:14 homebaner NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): now unmanaged

so you've told NM to ignore the eth0 device.  You can make NM control the device
by either editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and changing the
NM_CONTROLLED=no to NM_CONTROLLED=yes, or you can check the "Controlled by
NetworkManager" box in system-config-network.  Let me know if either of these work!

Comment 7 Sameet 2008-06-10 16:28:13 UTC
Hi,
I did as you said.  Now the NM works.  But i still have to disable and enable it
by hand everytime i log in.  Other than this extremely minor irritation, this
seems to have solved the problem.

thanks

Comment 8 Sameet 2008-06-12 08:59:26 UTC
Hi,
Now i have changed the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, the NM works.
 But i have a VPN which i use to connect to the university.  I am able to
authenticate with that connection, but cannot use it when i activate it with the
NM.  If i activate it without NM (manually) then i am able to use it without
problems.

regards
--sameet

Comment 9 Dan Williams 2008-07-03 02:06:30 UTC
Which VPN type is this?  OpenVPN, IPSec (openswan), or vpnc?

Comment 10 lexual 2009-03-05 03:34:06 UTC
Does this bug still effect the reporter?
If so, can you please provide info requested by Dan?

Comment 11 Niels Haase 2009-04-08 21:03:50 UTC
Reporter, could you please reply to the previous question (In reply to comment #9)? If you won't reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.

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Comment 12 Bug Zapper 2009-06-10 01:27:43 UTC
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Comment 13 Bug Zapper 2009-07-14 15:14:34 UTC
Fedora 9 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-07-10. Fedora 9 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
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Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 14 Red Hat Bugzilla 2023-09-14 01:12:56 UTC
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 1000 days


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