Re: RTL 8169 driver
On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 09:22:20PM +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (see below for my comment/question)
>
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 09:45:10PM -0300, Werner Horsch wrote:
> > Package linux-headers-4.19.0-6-amd64
> >
> > I'm writing to you after looking for days on a solution to a boot error I'm
> > experiencing with the ethernet board on two machines, both have the same
> > board provider. Both ran Mint in the past with no issues at all
> >
> > [ [0;1;31mFAILED [0m] Failed to start [0;1;39mRaise network interfaces [0m.
> > See 'systemctl status networking.service' for details.
> >
> > I enabled the use of nonfree repositories so as to get RTL drivers, tried
> > several things out with no success at all. I inspect a 3rd box which has
> > the same RTL board but runs LinuxMint flawless, the only difference I could
> > see is that has a different kernel
> >
> > Here some outputs that may help
> > werner@G42 ~ $ lspci | egrep -i --color 'network|ethernet'
> > 02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
> > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E
> > PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
> >
> > $ sudo journalctl -xe
> > -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
> > --
> > -- An ExecStart= process belonging to unit networking.service has exited.
> > --
> > -- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
> > Oct 01 22:13:52 G42 systemd[1]: networking.service: Failed with result
> > 'exit-cod
> > -- Subject: Unit failed
> > -- Defined-By: systemd
> > -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
> > --
> > -- The unit networking.service has entered the 'failed' state with result
> > 'exit-
> > Oct 01 22:13:52 G42 systemd[1]: Failed to start Raise network interfaces.
> > -- Subject: A start job for unit networking.service has failed
> > -- Defined-By: systemd
> > -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
> >
> >
> > $ sudo systemctl status networking.service
> > ● networking.service - Raise network interfaces
> > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/networking.service; enabled; vendor
> > prese
> > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2019-10-01 22:17:42 -03; 29s
> > ago
> > Docs: man:interfaces(5)
> > Process: 1904 ExecStart=/sbin/ifup -a --read-environment (code=exited,
> > status=
> > Main PID: 1904 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
> >
> > Oct 01 22:17:42 G42 systemd[1]: Starting Raise network interfaces...
> > Oct 01 22:17:42 G42 ifup[1904]: Cannot find device "eth0"
> > Oct 01 22:17:42 G42 ifup[1904]: ifup: failed to bring up eth0
> > Oct 01 22:17:42 G42 systemd[1]: networking.service: Main process exited,
> > code=ex
> > Oct 01 22:17:42 G42 systemd[1]: networking.service: Failed with result
> > 'exit-cod
> > Oct 01 22:17:42 G42 systemd[1]: Failed to start Raise network interfaces.
> >
> > I appreciate any advice
>
> on a freshly installed system I would not expect any network device
> being named 'eth*'. Is your /etc/network/interfaces (or corresponding)
> auto-generated? It might give a clue if you would forward the output of
> 'ip link'.
>
FTR: solution has been found (offlist); there had been a mismatch
between the actual device name (enpXXX) and the /etc/network/interfaces*
stanza (eth0).
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