Bug 597515 - Network-Manager weird behaviour in Fedora 13
Summary: Network-Manager weird behaviour in Fedora 13
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 13
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-05-29 10:19 UTC by Nilesh Patil
Modified: 2013-02-06 21:08 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-06-27 16:59:15 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
sosreport of the system (659.46 KB, application/x-xz)
2010-05-29 10:21 UTC, Nilesh Patil
no flags Details

Description Nilesh Patil 2010-05-29 10:19:16 UTC
Description of problem:
I have recently done fresh fedora 13 x86_64 installation. In office my Network Manager works fine. Do not observed any problems with it but when I connect to broadband connection at home it often disconnect me from network. When I tried to restart network service it returns following error 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
I do not know how to reproduce it as can not blame to my broadband connection which was working fine with fedora 12 before. It never use to disconnect me.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
[root@npatil ~]# /etc/init.d/network restart
Shutting down loopback interface:  Error org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InvalidConnection: ifcfg file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo' unknown
Error org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InvalidConnection: ifcfg file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo' unknown
Error org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InvalidConnection: ifcfg file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo' unknown
Error org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InvalidConnection: ifcfg file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo' unknown
                                                           [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:  Error org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InvalidConnection: ifcfg file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo' unknown
Error org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InvalidConnection: ifcfg file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo' unknown
Error org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InvalidConnection: ifcfg file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo' unknown
Error org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InvalidConnection: ifcfg file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo' unknown
                                                           [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:  Error: Connection activation failed: Device not managed by NetworkManager
                                                           [FAILED]

Expected results:
It should not disconnect me in between. Should work smoothly.

Additional info:
Adding sosreport.

Comment 1 Nilesh Patil 2010-05-29 10:21:36 UTC
Created attachment 417834 [details]
sosreport of the system

Comment 2 Jirka Klimes 2010-06-01 11:29:18 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> I have recently done fresh fedora 13 x86_64 installation. In office my Network
> Manager works fine. Do not observed any problems with it but when I connect to
> broadband connection at home it often disconnect me from network. When I tried
> to restart network service it returns following error 
> 

Could you provide more information.
What device do you use for connection, what technology?
How do you configure and activate it? Using nm-applet, nm-connection-editor?
What are the exact symptoms of your issue?

You can use
http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/Debugging tips for better debugging.

> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> 
> 
> Actual results:
> [root@npatil ~]# /etc/init.d/network restart

You should use /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart instead to restart NetworkManager.
'network' is a legacy service for networking.

The sosreport contains too much information and it's hard to find relevant bits with little input.

Thanks!

Comment 3 Tarek Said 2010-07-08 15:30:00 UTC
Workaround that worked for me:

# /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop

Add a BOOTPROTO=dhcp if you use dhcp to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface_here> or populate file with required values for a static assignment

# /etc/init.d/network start

If the above works for you, you can make it the changes survive a reboot by doing:

# chkconfig NetworkManager off
# chkconfig network on

Comment 4 bff38auxo@naver.com 2010-07-11 15:29:41 UTC
Thank you, Tarek.

I could solve this problem of your comment.

Comment 5 Tarek Said 2010-07-12 19:39:53 UTC
Glad it solves the problem but it doesn't solve the root cause since RH is promoting NetworkManager. If I can help in any way, please let me know.

Comment 6 Jirka Klimes 2010-07-13 10:44:15 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> Glad it solves the problem but it doesn't solve the root cause since RH is
> promoting NetworkManager. If I can help in any way, please let me know.    

Sure you can. Please, describe exactly what your problem is and what you do. And include the logs. Particularly /var/log/messages.


Looking again at logs in comment #1, I think there could be a problem with the ethernet switch/router that tears the link. Also, the reporter says that it works in the office, but cause problems at home, which supports this assumption.

May 27 22:46:26 npatil kernel: e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
May 27 22:46:26 npatil NetworkManager[1227]: <info> (eth0): carrier now OFF (device state 8, deferring action for 4 seconds)
May 27 22:46:28 npatil kernel: e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
May 27 22:46:28 npatil kernel: 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
May 27 22:46:28 npatil NetworkManager[1227]: <info> (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 8)
May 27 22:53:23 npatil kernel: e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
May 27 22:53:23 npatil NetworkManager[1227]: <info> (eth0): carrier now OFF (device state 8, deferring action for 4 seconds)

Comment 7 mjbtex 2011-02-14 02:28:32 UTC
TRY

/etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop


/etc/init.d/network start
#Should get IP now


Yum update
or 
Yum Update NetworkManager
# Network manager gets updated


/etc/init.d/network stop


/etc/init.d/NetworkManager start
# Updated Networkmanager works

Comment 8 Bug Zapper 2011-06-02 12:56:54 UTC
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Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2011-06-27 16:59:15 UTC
Fedora 13 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2011-06-25. Fedora 13 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.

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