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network restart error:' does not seem to be present, delaying initialisation'

running CentOS under VMPlayer as supplied with TWiki download.

Tried to configure a static IP address - did not seem to work at all.

Went back to a simple dhcp configuration in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

# Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE]
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp

on restart get error message:
' does not seem to be present, delaying initialisation'

Not sure what is happening here. Any ideas?

Let's perform a few checks:

- network card has "connect at boot" checked in vm settings ?
- network card type set to "flexible" ?
- is vmtools installed in the guest?

- network card has "connect at power on" checked in vm settings
- network card type set to "flexible" ?
don't see a specific 'type' setting in the VM settings for Network Adapter.
Network connection radio button is currently on 'Bridged'
- is vmtools installed in the guest?
vmtools is currently installed

Thanks for your interest.

Ok .. now run 'lsmod' and look for pcnet32 or vmxnet*, which ones do you have?

Sorry, my Linux geography is not that good. I have looked for ismod but can't find it. Where should it be?

/usr/sbin/lsmod on my system, you should be able to just type it into a terminal.

Here is the lsmod output. vmxnet32 and pcnet32 are mentioned.

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by

ppdev                  12613  0 

autofs4                28741  3 

hidp                  22977  2 

rfcomm                42457  0 

l2cap                  29761  10 hidp,rfcomm

bluetooth              53797  5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap

lockd                  63209  0 

sunrpc                149373  2 lockd

ip_conntrack_netbios_ns    6977  0 

ipt_REJECT              9537  1 

xt_state                6209  2 

ip_conntrack          53665  2 ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state

nfnetlink              10713  1 ip_conntrack

iptable_filter          7105  1 

ip_tables              17029  1 iptable_filter

ip6t_REJECT            9281  1 

xt_tcpudp              7105  11 

ip6table_filter        6849  1 

ip6_tables            18181  1 ip6table_filter

x_tables              17349  6 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_tables,ip6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ip6_tables

be2iscsi              60757  0 

ib_iser                35609  0 

rdma_cm                39929  1 ib_iser

ib_cm                  38061  1 rdma_cm

iw_cm                  13253  1 rdma_cm

ib_sa                  40117  2 rdma_cm,ib_cm

ib_mad                38741  2 ib_cm,ib_sa

ib_core                65985  6 ib_iser,rdma_cm,ib_cm,iw_cm,ib_sa,ib_mad

ib_addr                12741  1 rdma_cm

iscsi_tcp              20041  0 

bnx2i                  47325  0 

cnic                  52309  1 bnx2i

ipv6                  272801  22 ip6t_REJECT,rdma_cm,ib_addr,cnic

xfrm_nalgo            13381  1 ipv6

crypto_api            12608  1 xfrm_nalgo

uio                    14793  1 cnic

cxgb3i                31177  0 

libcxgbi              54477  1 cxgb3i

cxgb3                168985  1 cxgb3i

8021q                  26313  1 cxgb3

libiscsi_tcp          22213  3 iscsi_tcp,cxgb3i,libcxgbi

libiscsi2              42693  7 be2iscsi,ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,bnx2i,cxgb3i,libcxgbi,libiscsi_tcp

scsi_transport_iscsi2    37709  8 be2iscsi,ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,bnx2i,libcxgbi,libiscsi2

scsi_transport_iscsi    6085  1 scsi_transport_iscsi2

vmblock                17824  3 

vmhgfs                50848  1 

vsock                  52640  0 

vmmemctl              16900  0 

acpiphp                27089  0 

loop                  18761  0 

dm_multipath          27213  0 

scsi_dh                12481  1 dm_multipath

video                  21193  0 

backlight              10049  1 video

sbs                    18533  0 

power_meter            16461  0 

hwmon                  7365  1 power_meter

i2c_ec                  9025  1 sbs

dell_wmi                8401  0 

wmi                    12137  1 dell_wmi

button                10705  0 

battery                13637  0 

asus_acpi              19289  0 

ac                      9157  0 

lp                    15849  0 

i2c_piix4              13133  0 

i2c_core              24897  2 i2c_ec,i2c_piix4

vmci                  73984  2 vmhgfs,vsock

snd_ens1371            28513  0 

gameport              18505  1 snd_ens1371

snd_rawmidi            26561  1 snd_ens1371

snd_ac97_codec        93025  1 snd_ens1371

ac97_bus                6337  1 snd_ac97_codec

snd_seq_dummy          7877  0 

snd_seq_oss            32577  0 

snd_seq_midi_event    11073  1 snd_seq_oss

snd_seq                49585  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event

floppy                57125  0 

snd_seq_device        11725  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq

sg                    36973  0 

snd_pcm_oss            42817  0 

snd_mixer_oss          19009  1 snd_pcm_oss

snd_pcm                72517  3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss

pcspkr                  7105  0 

snd_timer              24517  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm

snd                    57797  10 snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer

pcnet32                35141  0 

soundcore              11553  1 snd

snd_page_alloc        14281  1 snd_pcm

mii                    9409  1 pcnet32

parport_pc            29669  1 

parport                37512  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc

tpm_tis                16713  0 

serio_raw              10693  0 

ide_cd                40161  0 

tpm                    19041  1 tpm_tis

tpm_bios              11073  1 tpm

cdrom                  36577  1 ide_cd

vmxnet                23556  0 

pvscsi                21512  0 

vmxnet3                51936  0 

dm_raid45              67273  0 

dm_message              6977  1 dm_raid45

dm_region_hash        15681  1 dm_raid45

dm_mem_cache            9537  1 dm_raid45

dm_snapshot            23653  0 

dm_zero                6209  0 

dm_mirror              24393  0 

dm_log                14785  3 dm_raid45,dm_region_hash,dm_mirror

dm_mod                63993  11 dm_multipath,dm_raid45,dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror,dm_log

ata_piix              23749  0 

libata                158085  1 ata_piix

mptspi                24009  2 

mptscsih              37953  1 mptspi

mptbase                87237  2 mptspi,mptscsih

scsi_transport_spi    26305  1 mptspi

sd_mod                25409  3 

scsi_mod              144277  15 be2iscsi,ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,bnx2i,libcxgbi,libiscsi2,scsi_transport_iscsi2,scsi_dh,sg,pvscsi,libata,mptspi,mptscsih,scsi_transport_spi,sd_mod

ext3                  126281  2 

jbd                    57705  1 ext3

uhci_hcd              25421  0 

ohci_hcd              24937  0 

ehci_hcd              34509  0

Ok, let's do:

Code:

modprobe -r pcnet32

to get rid of the lower performance module, then:

Code:

grep pcnet32 /etc/modules.conf /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/*

to see if it is listed anywhere - were there any results?

We'll also check the logs to see what network cards were found on boot:

Code:

dmesg | grep eth

Here are the results:

Code:

/etc/modprobe.conf:alias eth0 pcnet32

/etc/modprobe.d/vmware-tools.conf:install pcnet32 /sbin/modprobe -q --ignore-install vmxnet; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install pcnet32 $CMDLINE_OPTS

Logs:

Code:

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

Quote:

link is not ready

.. this is a problem, can you please check what type of network it is connected to in vm settings (bridged, NAT)?

The network adapter settings says:
Device Status : connect at power on
Network connection:Bridged

Ok, so is your ethernet port plugged in on your machine?

I am running on a Microsoft Surface Pro with integral WiFi. The configuration has not changed since it was working correctly.

I am running VM5.1.4.1 under Windows 8.1. I am wondering whether this is something that an upgrade to VM 6.1 would fix?

I'm not sure that bridged will work correctly with wifi .. anyone ? You may need to switch it to NAT but that depends on whether you need to allow inbound connections from other machines on the network?