Re: unknown interface start

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Sat 13 Jun 2020 at 21:23:51 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 16:56:46 -0600
> William Torrez Corea <willitc9888@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I try reconfigure my interface enp7s0
> > *ifup: interface enp7s0 already configured*
> > 
> > But the interface don't start
> 
> Have you searched on the error message? What results?
> 
> Is enp7s0 even supposed to be configured?
> 
> If so, how? DHCP? Manual? Is it managed by a network configuration
> manager like wicd or NetworkManager?

It looks, from the log quoted, as if it's DHCP. It's asking for
a lease and getting no reply. I suspect it may not even be transmitting.

Try   sudo dmesg | grep firmware   and see if your Dell NIC
requires firmware that's failing to load.

Cheers,
David.