Alright, this is my last resort. I almost always run into ethernet problems on my installs (usually due to a minor oversight), but this one has got me beat.
Brand new Slackware 14 x86_64 install. Got the NIC drivers from Realtek, installed okay and the system sees it correctly. (RTL8111E PCIe onboard NIC) I have tried several online setup guides. I tried netconfig with a static IP address, and with DHCP. dhclient gets me nowhere, and neither does Network Manager. My route table is currently empty, it doesn't seem to hold the entries I put into it for some reason.
Any help here is appreciated. From my system as it sits now:
dhcpd:
Code:
Polling for DHCP server on interface eth0:
dhcpcd[2709]: version 5.5.6 starting
dhcpcd[2709]: eth0: not configured to accept IPv6 RAs
dhcpcd[2709]: eth0: broadcasting for a lease
dhcpcd[2709]: timed out
dhcpcd[2709]: allowing 8 seconds for IPv4LL timeout
dhcpcd[2709]: eth0: probing for an IPv4LL address
dhcpcd[2709]: eth0: checking for 169.254.67.144
dhcpcd[2709]: received SIGTERM, stopping
dhcpcd[2709]: eth0: removing interface
Although upon startup, it says it acquires and then loses a carrier before timing out and going to that IPv4LL timeout.
ifconfig:
Code:
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::52e5:49ff:fec9:603a prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 50:e5:49:c9:60:3a txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 12 bytes 903 (903.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 194 bytes 34758 (33.9 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 43 base 0x8000
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 8 bytes 520 (520.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 8 bytes 520 (520.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
At one point I did get ifconfig to read that it took a static IP.. That was the furthest I've gotten.
rc.inet1.conf:
Code:
# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""
# Config information for eth1:
IPADDR[1]=""
NETMASK[1]=""
USE_DHCP[1]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""
# Config information for eth2:
IPADDR[2]=""
NETMASK[2]=""
USE_DHCP[2]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[2]=""
# Config information for eth3:
IPADDR[3]=""
NETMASK[3]=""
USE_DHCP[3]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[3]=""
# Default gateway IP address:
GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"
And I checked /var/log/messages.. it was full of this over and over again:
Code:
Dec 15 16:49:05 rustbucket dhcpcd[2574]: eth0: sending IPv6 Router Solicitation
Dec 15 16:49:05 rustbucket dhcpcd[2574]: eth0: broadcasting for a lease
Dec 15 16:49:09 rustbucket dhcpcd[2574]: eth0: sending IPv6 Router Solicitation
Dec 15 16:49:17 rustbucket last message repeated 2 times
Dec 15 16:49:17 rustbucket dhcpcd[2574]: eth0: no IPv6 Routers available
Dec 15 16:49:25 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> (eth0): IP6 addrconf timed out or failed.
Dec 15 16:49:25 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
Dec 15 16:49:25 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) started...
Dec 15 16:49:25 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) complete.
Dec 15 16:49:35 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> (eth0): DHCPv4 client pid 2574 exited with status 1
Dec 15 16:49:35 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
Dec 15 16:49:35 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) started...
Dec 15 16:49:35 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> (eth0): device state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable') [70 120 5]
Dec 15 16:49:35 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) complete.
Dec 15 16:49:35 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> (eth0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Dec 15 16:49:35 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'Wired connection 1'.
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) starting connection 'Wired connection 1'
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> (eth0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> (eth0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started...
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> (eth0): device state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0]
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning DHCPv4 transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> dhcpcd started with pid 2577
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning IP6 addrconf.
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket dhcpcd[2577]: version 5.5.6 starting
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket NetworkManager[2044]: <info> (eth0): DHCPv4 state changed nbi -> preinit
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket dhcpcd[2577]: eth0: sending IPv6 Router Solicitation
Dec 15 16:49:38 rustbucket dhcpcd[2577]: eth0: broadcasting for a lease
Guys, I am completely out of ideas. I've NEVER had this kind of trouble setting up ethernet on Slackware. The closest I've gotten is a Network Unreachable message when I try to ping my router.
I think I'm going to try the Static IP again, and see where that gets me.. I'm open to any suggestions. And let me know if there's anything else you need to know.
