Description of problem: NetworkManager fails to bring up eth0 with an ip4 address on kernels later than 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586. Networkcard is a 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) With the kernel 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586 eth0 gets a IP address (IP4) and connection over a Router to Internet works: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:66:82:88:C7 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::219:66ff:fe82:88c7/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2076 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1996 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1717785 (1.6 MiB) TX bytes:405788 (396.2 KiB) Interrupt:43 Base address:0x2000 Identical system, but with newer kernels (tested until 2.6.29.1-85.fc11.i586) , eth0 gets an IPV6 address, but no IP4: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:66:82:88:C7 inet6 addr: fe80::219:66ff:fe82:88c7/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:18 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:43 Base address:0x6000 Stopping NetworkManager, starting network and manually bringing up eth0 doesn't work either. I put the both version of /var/log/messages at: http://pastebin.com/m6ce1758 /var/log/messages with kernel 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586 (working eth0) http://pastebin.com/m58ff07c4 /var/log/messages with kernel 2.6.29.1-85.fc11.i586 (non-working eth0) I see, that i have 2 lines with eth0 devices in the working version of /var/log/messages, but only one line with eth0 in the non-working version. I tried to use a Fedora 11 Beta KDE Live-CD (kernel 2.6.29-0.258), but found similar problem there. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.7.1-3.git20090414.fc11.i586 kernel 2.6.29.1-85.fc11.i586 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: Booting same system with 2 different kernels. Actual results: kernel 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586 (working eth0) kernel 2.6.29.1-85.fc11.i586 (non-working eth0) Expected results: For Kernel > 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586 a working eth0 with automatic IP4 address assignment through NetworkManager Additional info: http://pastebin.com/m6ce1758 /var/log/messages with kernel 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586 (working eth0) http://pastebin.com/m58ff07c4 /var/log/messages with kernel 2.6.29.1-85.fc11.i586 (non-working eth0)
Possibly caused by: Apr 19 14:02:40 krakatoa kernel: type=1400 audit(1240142556.126:4): avc: denied { write } for pid=2102 comm="ping" path="/1" dev=devpts ino=4 scontext=system_u:system_r:ping_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:devpts_t:s0 tclass=chr_file
You could try booting with the kernel option "enforcing=0" to see if those selinux denials are causing the problem.
The kernel option "enforcing=0" puts Selinux in permissive Mode, but the problem with eth0 and kernel > 2.6.29-0.137.rc5.git4.fc11.i586 stays the same. I used the same configuration, just adding a network card with 05:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) as eth1 which uses the modules 8139too 20864 0 8139cp 17888 0 and, voila, kernel 2.6.29.1-102.fc11.i586 works with eth1 and Networkmanager. eth0 which uses the module r8169 28520 0 and kernel 2.6.29.1-102.fc11.i586 still doesn't work. My best guess: module rt8169.ko with kernel 2.6.29.1-102.fc11.i586 might be causing the problem...
Is this happening in the Fedora 11 final release? Some r8169 bugs were fixed before release.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle. Changing version to '11'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
(In reply to comment #4) > Is this happening in the Fedora 11 final release? Some r8169 bugs were fixed > before release. With Kernel 2.6.29.4-167.fc11 (Live CD, Fedora 11 32bit) the r8169 is not working. With Kernel 2.6.30-6.fc12 (rawhide) the r8169 works again. Cordialement Karsten
2.6.29.5-191 has updates for the r8169 driver...
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