kernel-2.6.17-1.2139_FC4 disables ethernet

galen · 06-26-2006, 06:38 PM

post auto update

kernel-2.6.17-1.2139_FC4 kills eth0

even after several cold boots, FC4 is unable to configure a network connection to router.

I noticed in another thread, the same kernel also kills wireless in FC5.

note:

A7N8X ASUS mobo
nVidia north and south bridge
(Yukon Gigabit eth onboard)
kernel modules:
forcedeth
...

nadroj · 06-26-2006, 06:54 PM

is the driver for the NIC supported by your new kernel and loaded? is the device 'up'?

galen · 06-26-2006, 07:10 PM

I would assume not, but as the boot sequence says it does find the
eth0
but the script can not link it to an ip#.
A reboot to 2.6.16-xxx works fine.

nadroj · 06-26-2006, 07:13 PM

in your updated kernel boot, post the output of 'ifconfig eth0', 'lsmod', and 'lspci' so we can see what device it is and whether or not the driver is loaded, and the status of the NIC.

galen · 06-26-2006, 07:30 PM

yes indeed, as I had planned to post the outputs after some uploads had finished... here they be

ifconfig only reports a local loop

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio Processing Unit (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

lsmod

Module Size Used by
parport_pc 28461 1
lp 13185 0
parport 37897 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 21957 1
rfcomm 37973 0
l2cap 24513 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 49061 4 rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc 163557 1
joydev 10113 0
ipt_REJECT 5825 1
xt_state 2497 8
ip_conntrack 53625 1 xt_state
nfnetlink 7257 1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp 3393 9
iptable_filter 3393 1
ip_tables 13209 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 15173 4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
vfat 12353 3
fat 53853 1 vfat
dm_mod 61269 0
video 17733 0
button 7121 0
battery 10821 0
ac 5189 0
ipv6 248385 10
ohci1394 36101 0
ieee1394 301081 1 ohci1394
ohci_hcd 22109 0
ehci_hcd 33741 0
i2c_nforce2 7489 0
i2c_core 22721 1 i2c_nforce2
snd_intel8x0 32861 1
snd_ac97_codec 95073 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2625 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 4165 0
snd_seq_oss 33957 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7873 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 54957 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 9293 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 40657 0
snd_mixer_oss 18241 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 86085 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25285 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 56001 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 10145 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10953 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
forcedeth 30669 0
floppy 61373 0
ext3 136137 2
jbd 60629 1 ext3
sata_nv 9797 0
sata_sil 9801 0
libata 69841 2 sata_nv,sata_sil
sd_mod 21697 0
scsi_mod 139341 2 libata,sd_mod

this is current lsmod from
2.6.16-1.2115_FC4

Module Size Used by
nvidia 4551828 12
parport_pc 27437 1
lp 12929 0
parport 36489 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 19653 1
rfcomm 37333 0
l2cap 24641 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 48165 4 rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc 149093 1
ipt_REJECT 5825 1
xt_state 2241 8
ip_conntrack 53369 1 xt_state
nfnetlink 6489 1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp 3393 9
iptable_filter 3137 1
ip_tables 12313 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 13381 4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
joydev 10113 0
vfat 12609 3
fat 52061 1 vfat
dm_mod 55765 0
video 15429 0
button 6609 0
battery 9413 0
ac 4933 0
ipv6 249601 10
ohci1394 35205 0
ieee1394 297369 1 ohci1394
ohci_hcd 21981 0
ehci_hcd 33101 0
skge 37329 0
i2c_nforce2 7105 0
i2c_core 22081 2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2
snd_intel8x0 31965 2
snd_ac97_codec 88673 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2496 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 3781 0
snd_seq_oss 30885 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7233 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 49677 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 9292 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 48625 0
snd_mixer_oss 17473 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 84933 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25029 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 52513 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 9633 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 10825 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
sk98lin 156961 0
forcedeth 24517 0
floppy 63869 0
ext3 128969 2
jbd 57173 1 ext3
sata_nv 9413 0
sata_sil 10057 0
libata 58705 2 sata_nv,sata_sil
sd_mod 18113 0
scsi_mod 133325 2 libata,sd_mod

galen · 06-26-2006, 07:33 PM

is it
skge

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...highlight=skge

nadroj · 06-26-2006, 07:46 PM

looks like it will either use the skge driver, as you mentioned, or the sk98lin driver.. both of which are loaded. try 'ifconfig eth0 up'

galen · 06-27-2006, 07:37 AM

ifconfig eth0 up

unable to create link

I tried loading skge
modprobe skge
(it reports an ACPI message for IRQ17)
and then
ifconfig eth0 up
ifconfig reports eth0 active but with no ip# and no local loop
and (a big one)
when I switch to the GUI screen (ctrl-alt-f7) the system then locks up with an unreadable GUI screen.
Same result when I removed sk98lin
rmmod sk98lin
and
modprobe skge
ifconfig eth0 up
switch to GUI results in a lockup

galen · 06-27-2006, 08:04 AM

reference:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux%2...v2.6.17&s=skge

I did not find anything on the kernelbugs site.

WhatsHisName · 06-27-2006, 09:18 AM

Quote:

looks like it will either use the skge driver, as you mentioned, or the sk98lin driver..

The recent FC4 kernel updated to 2.6.17 no longer has the sk98lin module.

On several of my systems that were using the sk98lin module, substituting the skge module brought the network back online:

Code:

# modprobe skge
# ifconfig eth0 up

You can modify /etc/modprobe.conf to include both sk98lin and skge to work with the older and newer kernels, respectively:

Code:

/etc/modprobe.conf:
alias eth0 sk98lin
alias eth0 skge

assuming that the NIC is eth0.

If skge doesn't work, also try skfp and sky2.

galen · 06-30-2006, 03:36 PM

skfp and sk98lin are not found
sky2 does nothing

what did work was a cold restart and wait 10 secs
and I made sure
/etc/modprobe.conf: contained
alias eth0 forcedeth
alias eth1 skge

strange that it liked alias eth1

SOLVED sort of

Linux31 · 07-03-2006, 09:39 AM

I've had the same problems with both FC4 and 5. I found that it had eliminated the workgroup from the user list. I then had to re-register each user into the workgroup under the Samba Settings tab. In addition, I had to go under the Preferences - Security tab and modify the samba and (I think) one other setting because it was no longer letting the user's directory be visible to others.

Good luck.

drg · 07-16-2006, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nadroj

looks like it will either use the skge driver, as you mentioned, or the sk98lin driver.. both of which are loaded. try 'ifconfig eth0 up'

Thanks Nadroj. This worked out fine for me using an ASUS A7N8X-E mobo and 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4. Like others, I have held back from FC5 on seeing this issue. At some stage I will upgrade ... well it isn't exactly an upgrade this time is it?

Ciao,

galen · 07-16-2006, 07:31 AM

I did go to a complete install of FC5.
FC5 did populate the network devices but they did not function.
I cleared the 2 entries [eth0 eth1]
then added skge as the ethernet connection.
Everything now works.

drg · 07-17-2006, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by galen

I did go to a complete install of FC5.
FC5 did populate the network devices but they did not function.
I cleared the 2 entries [eth0 eth1]
then added skge as the ethernet connection.
Everything now works.

Would you mind posting the modprobe.conf file so I can have a peek before I do the complete install?

Ciao,