Helo LQ,
I have strange problem with my Fedora. The setup is Fedora 16 x64, KDE 4.7.4. My Network Manager displays the wired interface (p1p1) as 'cable unplugged'.
Sometimes I manage to connect by physically unplugging/plugging back on the lottery principle. I tried rebooting into Windows 7 - there is no problem with the connection. If I connect to different internal network - I have no problem, just the particular network, which has more complex routes embedded into it.
Code:
ip a l |grep -A1 p1p1
2: p1p1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether f0:de:f1:a2:30:c3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
ifup p1p1
Error: Connection activation failed: Device not managed by NetworkManager or unavailable
Here's some log outputs:
Code:
dmesg | grep Net
[ 25.679675] NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.2-1.fc16) is starting...
[ 25.679680] NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> Read config file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
Code:
dmesg | grep -A3 -B3 p1p1
[ 22.723774] r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 22.724005] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RTL8168e/8111e at 0xffffc900050ee000, f0:de:f1:a2:30:c3, XID 0c200000 IRQ 42
[ 22.724010] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
[ 22.746303] udevd[485]: renamed network interface eth0 to p1p1
[ 22.775197] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
[ 22.775201] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[ 22.775202] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
--
[ 26.492384] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 26.492389] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 26.492391] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 26.652983] r8169 0000:02:00.0: p1p1: link down
[ 26.653001] r8169 0000:02:00.0: p1p1: link down
[ 26.653378] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): p1p1: link is not ready
[ 26.655832] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[ 26.716620] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[ 26.777544] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
--
[ 609.251127] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2300 mBm)
[ 609.251129] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5290000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2300 mBm)
[ 609.251131] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm)
[ 638.956632] r8169 0000:02:00.0: p1p1: link down
[ 638.957030] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): p1p1: link is not ready
[ 639.891648] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[ 639.974813] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 642.208617] wlan0: authenticate with 54:75:d0:e3:a9:e9 (try 1)
output from /var/log/messages
Code:
Jun 4 10:55:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: ifcfg-rh: removed /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p1p1.
Jun 4 10:55:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: NetworkManager[932]: ifcfg-rh: removed /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p1p1.
Jun 4 10:55:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p1p1 ...
Jun 4 10:55:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: NetworkManager[932]: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p1p1 ...
Jun 4 10:55:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: ifcfg-rh: read connection 'System p1p1'
Jun 4 10:55:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: NetworkManager[932]: ifcfg-rh: read connection 'System p1p1'
----------
Jun 4 11:00:59 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: <warn> connection /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/6 failed to activate: (2) Device not managed by NetworkMan
ager or unavailable
Jun 4 11:00:59 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: NetworkManager[932]: <warn> connection /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/6 failed to activate: (2) Device not
managed by NetworkManager or unavailable
Jun 4 11:01:12 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: <warn> connection /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/6 failed to activate: (2) Device not managed by NetworkMan
ager or unavailable
Jun 4 11:01:12 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: NetworkManager[932]: <warn> connection /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/6 failed to activate: (2) Device not
managed by NetworkManager or unavailable
Jun 4 11:01:53 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: NetworkManager[932]: ifcfg-rh: updating /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p1p1
Jun 4 11:01:53 antares-nb NetworkManager[932]: ifcfg-rh: updating /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p1p1
--------
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): carrier is OFF
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): carrier is OFF
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 2)
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 2)
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): now managed
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): bringing up device.
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): now managed
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Jun 4 11:13:27 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): bringing up device.
----
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> disable requested (sleeping: no enabled: yes)
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> sleeping or disabling...
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): now unmanaged
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> disable requested (sleeping: no enabled: yes)
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> sleeping or disabling...
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): now unmanaged
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): device state change: unavailable -> unmanaged (reason 'sleeping') [20 10 37]
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): device state change: unavailable -> unmanaged (reason 'sleeping') [20 10 37]
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): cleaning up...
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): cleaning up...
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): taking down device.
Jun 4 11:23:10 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): taking down device.
----
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): now managed
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): now managed
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): bringing up device.
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): bringing up device.
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): preparing device.
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2]
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): preparing device.
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb NetworkManager[942]: NetworkManager[942]: <info> (p1p1): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2]
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb kernel: [ 638.956632] r8169 0000:02:00.0: p1p1: link down
Jun 4 11:23:40 antares-nb kernel: [ 638.957030] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): p1p1: link is not ready
Code:
lspci |grep -i net
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000
Code:
cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p1p1
DEVICE="p1p1"
NAME="System p1p1"
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT="yes"
NM_CONTROLLED="yes"
TYPE=Ethernet
DEFROUTE=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
UUID=46e26279-f69b-daf5-1b79-d03677b7178d
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
USERS=antares
I suspect that there could be a conflict between the KDE network manager, and the linux's. The WiFi is working fine. But the wired network interface is displayed incorrectly "unplugged".
I would be grateful if you can point me at things I need to investigate or any help provided. Tell me if I need to post other log/configuration outputs.
Thank you in advance!