aptitude reinstall network-manager

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Recently on a system restart we are forced to activate our networking by manually entering the command

/etc/init.d/networking restart

otherwise eth0 is not defined or active.

Can anyone identify from this what the problem is and how we can resolve this?

Thanks,
Duddy

output of logs re eth0 :: # cat /var/log/messages | grep eth0

(note that i manually turned it on once login failed to have this set)

Aug 17 13:05:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.216762] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95784M) rev 5784100 PHY(5784)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:21:9b:72:90:ac Aug 17 13:05:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.216766] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] Aug 17 13:05:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.216768] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] Aug 17 13:05:49 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.814063] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 13:05:49 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.814066] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 14:10:15 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.228756] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95784M) rev 5784100 PHY(5784)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:21:9b:72:90:ac Aug 17 14:10:15 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.228761] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] Aug 17 14:10:15 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.228763] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] Aug 17 14:10:16 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.805430] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 14:10:16 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.805433] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 15:05:58 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.244599] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95784M) rev 5784100 PHY(5784)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:21:9b:72:90:ac Aug 17 15:05:58 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.244603] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] Aug 17 15:05:58 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.244605] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] Aug 17 15:05:59 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.738952] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 15:05:59 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.738955] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 15:07:05 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 114.555430] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Aug 17 15:07:07 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 116.152273] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 15:07:07 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 116.152278] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 15:07:07 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 116.152889] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Aug 17 15:20:27 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.212747] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95784M) rev 5784100 PHY(5784)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:21:9b:72:90:ac Aug 17 15:20:27 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.212751] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] Aug 17 15:20:27 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.212753] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] Aug 17 15:20:27 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.797888] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 15:20:27 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.797892] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 15:21:13 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 90.723423] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Aug 17 15:21:15 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 92.258276] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 15:21:15 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 92.258282] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 15:21:15 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 92.258450] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Aug 17 15:22:46 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 183.595465] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Aug 17 15:22:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 185.130353] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 15:22:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 185.130359] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 15:22:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 185.130527] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Aug 17 16:42:34 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.228620] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95784M) rev 5784100 PHY(5784)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:21:9b:72:90:ac Aug 17 16:42:34 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.228623] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] Aug 17 16:42:34 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.228626] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] Aug 17 16:42:35 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.843218] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 16:42:35 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.843221] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 16:44:40 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 171.575406] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Aug 17 16:44:42 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 173.110268] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 16:44:42 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 173.110275] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 16:44:42 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 173.110764] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Aug 17 17:00:35 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 1126.999527] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Aug 17 17:00:37 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 1128.714587] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 17 17:00:37 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 1128.714593] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 17 17:00:37 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 1128.714766] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Aug 18 10:08:33 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.220739] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95784M) rev 5784100 PHY(5784)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:21:9b:72:90:ac Aug 18 10:08:33 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.220742] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] Aug 18 10:08:33 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.220745] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] Aug 18 10:08:34 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.845252] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 18 10:08:34 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.845255] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 18 10:09:34 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 94.511408] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Aug 18 10:09:37 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 96.046199] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 18 10:09:37 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 96.046204] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 18 10:09:37 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 96.046648] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Aug 18 10:15:25 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.332749] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95784M) rev 5784100 PHY(5784)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:21:9b:72:90:ac Aug 18 10:15:25 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.332753] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] Aug 18 10:15:25 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 4.332755] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] Aug 18 10:15:26 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 17.798590] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 18 10:15:26 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 17.798594] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 18 10:17:36 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 172.483750] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Aug 18 10:17:38 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 174.081384] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 18 10:17:38 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 174.081390] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 18 10:17:38 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 174.081815] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Aug 18 14:32:47 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 3.500752] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95784M) rev 5784100 PHY(5784)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:21:9b:72:90:ac Aug 18 14:32:47 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 3.500756] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] Aug 18 14:32:47 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 3.500758] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] Aug 18 14:32:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.803614] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 18 14:32:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.803617] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 18 14:33:37 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 91.987489] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Aug 18 14:33:38 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 93.522265] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Aug 18 14:33:38 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 93.522271] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Aug 18 14:33:38 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 93.522597] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

root@sugarbackup-desktop:~# find /etc/rc*.d/Netw /etc/rc2.d/S28NetworkManager /etc/rc3.d/S28NetworkManager /etc/rc4.d/S28NetworkManager /etc/rc5.d/S28NetworkManager

root@sugarbackup-desktop:~# find /etc/rc*.d/netw /etc/rc0.d/S35networking /etc/rc6.d/S35networking /etc/rcS.d/S40networking

aptitude reinstall network-manager

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done The following packages will be REINSTALLED: network-manager The following packages will be REMOVED: libbsd-resource-perl{u} linux-headers-2.6.27-7{u} linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic{u} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 3 to remove and 209 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 52.2MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y E: I wasn't able to locate file for the network-manager package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. Writing extended state information... Done E: I wasn't able to locate file for the network-manager package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. E: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to downloa

edited Aug 19 at 8:28

asked Aug 18 at 9:53

Duddy
11●2

	Are you logged in to the graphical environment (Gnome or KDE)? How was the network configured in the first place? – nagul Aug 18 at 9:58
	sorry i don't know Gnome or KDE - ubuntu a few month new to me. network was configured as my note on #2 below, not using dhcp. thanks – Duddy Aug 18 at 13:35

sudesh · Answer 1 · 2009-08-18 10:06:24Z

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You can check following things: - Check if there are issues with Getting the IP through DHCP. - On my ubuntu-9.04, its eth1 (no eth0 is created.) - There may be a race condition happening during booting... due to which The interface may be created after networking is enabled.

answered Aug 18 at 10:06

sudesh
64●3

Thanks, we are not using DHCP, our interfaces file reads: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.60 network 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 gateway 192.168.0.201 yes, i think it might be this rare condition and that is what i am trying to find, what is disabling this on startup!? thanks – Duddy Aug 18 at 13:28

6 revs Lee · Answer 2 · 2009-08-18 16:48:10Z

Obviously more details would help here, check your logs for any mention of eth0 with

# cat /var/log/messages | grep eth0

If you could add the output of the /etc/init.d/networking restart command to your question it would also help. As sudeshpawar has said this could be down to DHCP failing to assign an address in time.

It might be that the NetworkManager service is not starting but without log/dmesg output it's hard to tell.

Enabling and disabling services during start up in GNU/Linux

Ubuntu / Debian Linux: Services Configuration Tool to Start / Stop System Services

Check that the NetworkManager service is started at boot time with the following command :

 # find /etc/rc*.d/Network
/etc/rc2.d/S50NetworkManager
/etc/rc3.d/S50NetworkManager
/etc/rc4.d/S50NetworkManager
/etc/rc5.d/S50NetworkManager

From your /var/log/messages output we can see that eth0 comes up during boot after 16 seconds. I assume that the next activity is you restarting the network service.

 Aug 18 14:32:47 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 3.500752] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95784M) rev 5784100 PHY(5784)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:21:9b:72:90:ac
 Aug 18 14:32:47 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 3.500756] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] 
 Aug 18 14:32:47 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 3.500758] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] 
 Aug 18 14:32:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.803614] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. 
 Aug 18 14:32:48 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 16.803617] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
 Aug 18 14:33:37 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 91.987489] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready 
 Aug 18 14:33:38 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 93.522265] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. 
 Aug 18 14:33:38 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 93.522271] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. 
 Aug 18 14:33:38 sugarbackup-desktop kernel: [ 93.522597] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

The ouput from the find command also looks correct, the only difference from my own is the 28 that is simply used to indicate the sequence in which all of the init scripts are started.

root@sugarbackup-desktop:~# find /etc/rc*.d/Netw*
/etc/rc2.d/S28NetworkManager 
/etc/rc3.d/S28NetworkManager 
/etc/rc4.d/S28NetworkManager
/etc/rc5.d/S28NetworkManager

The only area left to check is the GUI network manager tool. If your using GNOME right click on the network manager icon, select edit connections, highlight eth0 and select edit and ensure the connect automatically box is ticked.

If this still doesn't fix things please post the output of the following command just after booting.

# ifconfig eth0 
# ifup eth0
# ifconfig eth0

output

root@sugarbackup-desktop:~# ifconfig eth0 
eth0    Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:9b:72:90:ac 
        BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 
        RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 
        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
        RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
        Interrupt:16

root@sugarbackup-desktop:~# ifup eth0 
ifup: interface eth0 already configured exactly the same output for: ifconfig eth0

You could reinstall the networkmanager OR install a replacement like WICD. To reinstall networkmanager run the following command

 # sudo aptitude reinstall network-manager

If you are running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) simply run this command to install WICD

 # sudo apt-get install wicd

otherwise follow the guide here

Ubuntu networking error on startup, works with restart

aptitude reinstall network-manager

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