Created attachment 360262 [details] syslog file from F11 install Description of problem: When adding F11 updates to the DVD source during install, a dialog prompts for the network interface to be used. The system is connected to a router through eth1 which is an NVidia CK804 onboard Ethernet controller using the "forcedeth" driver. However, anaconda reports after a while that no network connection can be established. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-11.5.0.59-1.fc11.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Add network channel during F11 DVD install. 2. Choose eth1 which is connected to the network. Actual results: No network connection can be established. Expected results: A working network connection is established Additional info: * After attaching the network cable to eth0 [Broadcom BCM5721, driver "tg3"], network connectivity is established instantaneously. * After install, both interfaces eth0 and eth1 do provide network connectivity when connected to the network. * Issue persists for F12/rawhide as checked about 1 month ago. * http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_ce3d646e-2918-44c9-a6c0-10fb3d9a0180
Created attachment 360263 [details] dmesg output after F11 install
Can you check on tty3, tty4, and tty5 while it's trying to configure the forcedeth card to see if there are any helpful error messages?
Created attachment 360450 [details] Log of anaconda crash when not formatting any partition I tried to proceed to the stage where online repositories can be added. In order to do so non-destructively, I chose not to format any partition/volume, just setting mount points instead. However, after completing the filesystem setup, anaconda crashes returning the attached log file. There is no 'update' option in anaconda as there used to be in the past. How then proceed any further?
That's a completely different bug that we already have tracked by other bug reports. Are you able to see any error messages on the TTYs I asked for when trying to configure that network card?
I had attached the anaconda dump file because this bug prevents me from getting beyond the storage configuration stage to the channel setup stage without formatting my file systems once again. For the time being, I thus cannot reproduce the same scenario of activating a network connection when selecting the F11-updates channel. Anyway, I have booted from the DVD adding option 'askmethod', and in this case, wired network is brought up correctly for the Nvidia CK804 Ethernet connection configured as eth1. I will report on the original issue as soon as possible.
Created attachment 361129 [details] syslog file from rawhide install after successively chosing eth0 and eth1 Fresh "rawhide" install with wired network devices eth0 (Nvidia CK804) and eth1 (Broadcom BCM5721). Only eth1 is actually connected to a network. When proceeding to the stage where online repositories can be added/modified, a dialog window pops up prompting for the network device to be used. The default one is eth0 (probably by alphabetical order): - eth0 is chosen for the 1st attempt: failure * eth1 is chosen for the 2nd attempt after eth0 has failed: failure (!) - eth1 is chosen for the 1st attempt: success (!) Attached log is for case one (both attempts fail).
Created attachment 361130 [details] syslog file from rawhide install after chosing eth1
Swapping eth0 and eth1, the outcome remains the same: - network connectivity is established if the correct wired interface is chosen immediately. - network connectivity fails even for the correct wired interface when a failed attempt was made for the wrong not connected wired interface at first. Thus, the issue is not a forcedeth one.
Spanning Tree is enabled on the switch/router perhaps?
Some aspects of bug 519188 (No chance for second interface ...) appear to be related to this bug. Some aspects of bug 507084 (netinst.iso fails on second interface) appear to be related to this bug.
(In reply to comment #9) According to the Speedport W 501V documentation, one should use a "network cable 10bT, 1.1 wired, STP" which is certainly fulfilled by the original one delivered with said (W)LAN modem/router. There is no further indication in the documentation.
(In reply to comment #9) (W)LAN modem/router Speedport W 501V has a single Ethernet port only which is connected to one of the two Ethernet ports of this Tyan K8E (S2865) based system.
I think this bug may be related to bug #522138. I have a patch for it and it's been tested on a system using a Broadcom NIC that was experiencing problems. The patch works there, so this should make it in to the next build of anaconda. I'll note here when the patch is in so you can try things again.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 522138 ***