[Cooker] [Bug 3452] [ifplugd] Drakconnect fails Internet connection - Internal Network Access Available
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3452 [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What|Removed |Added CC||[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-24-09 11:32 --- I am in the same case as Robert Goldman. The line MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes has made my eth0 is working now. But my case was a little more strange, because if I wanted to ping, the network was unreachable, and if I wrote two lines (ifconfig ... and route add...) the connection was OK! This is the behavior I got: # ping 192.168.0.1 connect: Network is unreachable # ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.0.99 netmask 255.255.255.0 # ping 192.168.0.1 PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.17 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.691 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.650 ms --- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2008ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.650/0.839/1.177/0.240 ms # ping www.mandrakelinux.com connect: Network is unreachable # route add default gw 192.168.0.1 # ping www.mandrakelinux.com PING www.mandrakelinux.com (80.67.180.164) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 80.67.180.164: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=106 ms 64 bytes from 80.67.180.164: icmp_seq=2 ttl=47 time=106 ms 64 bytes from 80.67.180.164: icmp_seq=3 ttl=47 time=103 ms --- www.mandrakelinux.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 5633ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 103.233/105.372/106.508/1.536 ms # service network restart Desactivando interfaz eth0: [ OK ] Desactivando interfaz loopback: [ OK ] Configurando parámetros de red: [ OK ] Activando interfaz loopback:[ OK ] Activando interfaz eth0:[FALLO ] # ping 192.168.0.1 connect: Network is unreachable # cat /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=maestro NETWORKING=yes GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 GATEWAYDEV=eth0 # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.0.99 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.0.0 BROADCAST=192.168.0.255 ONBOOT=yes #tail -15 /var/log/messages sep 23 20:21:38 maestro su(pam_unix)[5273]: session opened for user root by (uid=501 euid=0 tty= ruser=knocte rhost= user=root Sep 23 20:22:01 maestro CROND[5321]: (root) CMD ( /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh) Sep 23 20:23:00 maestro CROND[5345]: (root) CMD ( /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh) Sep 23 20:24:00 maestro CROND[5355]: (root) CMD ( /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh) Sep 23 20:25:00 maestro CROND[5367]: (root) CMD ( /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh) sep 23 20:25:12 maestro ifdown: RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable sep 23 20:25:12 maestro network: Desactivando interfaz eth0: succeeded Sep 23 20:25:13 maestro ifplugd(eth0)[3610]: Exiting. sep 23 20:25:14 maestro network: Desactivando interfaz loopback: succeeded sep 23 20:25:14 maestro network: Configurando parámetros de red: succeeded sep 23 20:25:16 maestro network: Activando interfaz loopback: succeeded Sep 23 20:25:16 maestro ifplugd(eth0)[5945]: Using interface eth0/00:60:08:5D:B9:DB with driver 3c59x (version: LK1.1.18-ac) Sep 23 20:25:16 maestro ifplugd(eth0)[5945]: Using detection mode: SIOCGMIIPHY Sep 23 20:25:16 maestro ifplugd(eth0)[5945]: ifplugd 0.15 successfully initialized, link beat not detected. sep 23 20:25:16 maestro network: Activando interfaz eth0: failed So, my network only was working when I typed the manual configuration with ifconfig and route, but when the system starts the eth0 didn't work. Most users would be expected to try this route first, before messing with a config file for ifplugd. Well, I don't know if I am a most user, but I am relatively new to Linux (and my first time installing Mandrake), and I have been investigating this problem for 2 days, and finally I have found the solution of MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes before messing with the expert mode. The version I have installed is Mandrake 9.2 RC2, and one of the things that avoided me to find information is that, if I go to the menu Documentation, submenu Help, the help:/khelpcenter/index.html is launched, with the followin result: The requested help file could not be found. Check that you have installed the documentation. And I can answer that, on the installation, I am sure I checked to install the documentation. Other thing that happens to me about this is that, if I click on the link to Documentation placed on the window titled Welcome to Mandrake Linux that opens at the beggining of the session, the systems asks me if I want to install the documentation because it is not installed on my system. If I answer yes, I have to enter the
[Cooker] [Bug 3452] [ifplugd] Drakconnect fails Internet connection - Internal Network Access Available
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3452 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-30-06 14:52 --- 1. Improve the documentation. The documentation for ifcfg does not mention MII_NOT_SUPPORTED. This should change. See /usr/share/doc/initscripts-7.06/sysconfig.txt 2. /etc/rc.d/init.d/network currently greps /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-devicename for the above flag. This means that we're violating the announced structure of that file, since we're just looking for a key, instead of loading the file and evaluating the variables. This is probably not a good thing. Can we change how the network script checks for this feature? I realize that loading the ifcfg file might be inconvenient, since the network file maps over all interfaces, but still this approach is no good. Perhaps have a command that will load the file and check the value of this variable (a la is_wireless_interface)? 3. Add something to drakconnect to verify that ifplugd will work on an interface and deactivate it if not. This can't be done programatically, since in some cases ifplugd will think it can tell, but it doesn't (ie it reports that the cable is connected when it is not). There is a blacklist of cards that don't support ifplugd, which actually should include the card the original poster was using. As an aside, I was a little nonplussed to find that removing eth0 from ifplugd.conf had no effect on this problem. I.e., /etc/rc.d/init.d/network and ifplugd can actually be in a state where they disagree about whether or not ifplugd is responsible for a given interface. That's probably not a good thing. If the user managed to do this themselves, they should be able to undo it. No tool changes this file, so it is unlikely that a user would get these files out of sync without knowing it. This may be more than just a normal severity bug, since you have to be relatively familiar with the networking scripts to work around it. I don't agree. Have you tried to use drakconnect in expert mode? You will see an option network hotplugging which adds or removes MII_UNSUPPORTED to the config file for the interface. Most users would be expected to try this route first, before messing with a config file for ifplugd. IMHO, this bug is invalid, unless someone has new insight ... -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: Version - Mandrake 9.1rc2 This bug is similar to bug 2088 and 2932. With two different computers, I can ping and access other computers on the network, but cannot connect to the Internet. The appropriate tool for correction is drakconnect. Mandrake Control Center-Network Internet-Connection. In /var/log/syslog, when trying to run drakconnect, the log file shows: network: Shutting down loopback interface: succeeded network: Setting network parameters: succeeded ifup: RTNETLINK answers: no such device network: Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded ifplugd [9073] Warning: Could not get interface address ifplugd [9073] Using interface eth0/00:01:03:8C:E0:D9 with driver 3c59x LK1.1.18-ac ifplugd [9073] ETHTOOL_GLINK failed: Operation not supported ifplugd [9073] Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up'. CROND [9114] (mail) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /var/lib/mailman/cron/grunner) CROND [9114] (mail) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /var/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news) dhclient DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 dhclient DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 dhclient bout to 192.168.1.101 -- renewal in 32953 seconds ifplugd [9073] client: Determining IP information for eth0 ... done. ifplugd [9073] Program executed successfully. network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded CROND[9216] (mail) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /var/lib/mailman/cron/qrunner) CROND[9231] (mail) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /var/lib/mailman/cron/qrunner) ifplugd [9073] Link beat lost ifplugd [9073] Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 down'. ifplugd [9073] Program executed successfully. Does it establish a connection at all? - I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop both running Mandrake 9.1rc2. Yesterday, and for a few weeks, the Compaq Presario desktop was connected to the Internet using Mandrake 9.1rc2. Today the desktop will no longer connect to the Internet. Yesterday, I loaded the laptop running Mandrake 9.0, with Mandrake 9.1rc2, and the Dell C600 laptop can no longer connect to the Internet, although both computers can access, and ping other computers running on an internal network. I was able to connect and use a VNC with the Dell C600 laptop running Mandrake 9.1rc2. This bug is limited to establishing an Internet connection. In which situation does it fail? - Currently both my Dell C600 Laptop
[Cooker] [Bug 3452] [ifplugd] Drakconnect fails Internet connection - Internal Network Access Available
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3452 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-27-06 19:05 --- I can confirm this behavior, having also see it on a Mandrake 9.1 machine Here are relevant lines from the logs: Jun 26 22:19:56 jukebox ifplugd[661]: Warning: Could not get interface address. Jun 26 22:19:56 jukebox ifplugd[661]: Using interface eth0/00:C0:4F:B2:93:FD with driver 3c59x LK1.1.18-ac Jun 26 22:19:56 jukebox ifplugd[661]: ETHTOOL_GLINK failed: Operation not supported Jun 26 22:19:56 jukebox ifplugd[661]: ifplugd 0.13 successfully initialized, link beat not detected. Jun 26 22:19:56 jukebox network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed For me, the solution was to add MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 Let me suggest three things that might be done to help this: 1. Improve the documentation. The documentation for ifcfg does not mention MII_NOT_SUPPORTED. This should change. 2. /etc/rc.d/init.d/network currently greps /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-devicename for the above flag. This means that we're violating the announced structure of that file, since we're just looking for a key, instead of loading the file and evaluating the variables. This is probably not a good thing. Can we change how the network script checks for this feature? I realize that loading the ifcfg file might be inconvenient, since the network file maps over all interfaces, but still this approach is no good. Perhaps have a command that will load the file and check the value of this variable (a la is_wireless_interface)? 3. Add something to drakconnect to verify that ifplugd will work on an interface and deactivate it if not. As an aside, I was a little nonplussed to find that removing eth0 from ifplugd.conf had no effect on this problem. I.e., /etc/rc.d/init.d/network and ifplugd can actually be in a state where they disagree about whether or not ifplugd is responsible for a given interface. That's probably not a good thing. This may be more than just a normal severity bug, since you have to be relatively familiar with the networking scripts to work around it. -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: Version - Mandrake 9.1rc2 This bug is similar to bug 2088 and 2932. With two different computers, I can ping and access other computers on the network, but cannot connect to the Internet. The appropriate tool for correction is drakconnect. Mandrake Control Center-Network Internet-Connection. In /var/log/syslog, when trying to run drakconnect, the log file shows: network: Shutting down loopback interface: succeeded network: Setting network parameters: succeeded ifup: RTNETLINK answers: no such device network: Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded ifplugd [9073] Warning: Could not get interface address ifplugd [9073] Using interface eth0/00:01:03:8C:E0:D9 with driver 3c59x LK1.1.18-ac ifplugd [9073] ETHTOOL_GLINK failed: Operation not supported ifplugd [9073] Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up'. CROND [9114] (mail) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /var/lib/mailman/cron/grunner) CROND [9114] (mail) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /var/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news) dhclient DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 dhclient DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 dhclient bout to 192.168.1.101 -- renewal in 32953 seconds ifplugd [9073] client: Determining IP information for eth0 ... done. ifplugd [9073] Program executed successfully. network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded CROND[9216] (mail) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /var/lib/mailman/cron/qrunner) CROND[9231] (mail) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /var/lib/mailman/cron/qrunner) ifplugd [9073] Link beat lost ifplugd [9073] Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 down'. ifplugd [9073] Program executed successfully. Does it establish a connection at all? - I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop both running Mandrake 9.1rc2. Yesterday, and for a few weeks, the Compaq Presario desktop was connected to the Internet using Mandrake 9.1rc2. Today the desktop will no longer connect to the Internet. Yesterday, I loaded the laptop running Mandrake 9.0, with Mandrake 9.1rc2, and the Dell C600 laptop can no longer connect to the Internet, although both computers can access, and ping other computers running on an internal network. I was able to connect and use a VNC with the Dell C600 laptop running Mandrake 9.1rc2. This bug is limited to establishing an Internet connection. In which situation does it fail? - Currently both my Dell C600 Laptop and on the Compaq Presario 5423 desktop systems fail on every occasion in trying to connect to the Internet. I have tried at least 10 times on both machines, with a variety of
