Internet interface problem
Hello everyone,
Here is what has been giving me (a 15 months-old user of
Debian-GNU-Linux) a headache since I installed Lenny over two months ago.
I also sport, as you can guess, KDE 3.5.10, any other version numbers of
programs involved I will let you know if you wish – that's as much for
software.
As far as hardware is concerned this desktop has an "Ethernet Pro 100
Intel Corp." NIC (which as far as I can make out is called throughout
“eth0”) AND a combo card USB/FireWire "Genesis Logic Inc." (which as far
as I can make out is called throughout “usb0”).
_The_ _problem_ :
The selection of the eth0 interface, into which the DSL cable coming
from the router is plugged does not take place. The system
“automatically” chooses usb0, which is not wired – unless I interfere
manually.
_Description_ _of_ _facts_ :
During booting, everything seems to go fine: I can read (as I always
read under etch, which is still on my desktop) the following:
DHCPOFFER from xxx.xxx.x.xxx
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from xxx.xxx.x.xxx
bound to xxx(IP address of the "right" interface, eth0)xxx - renewal in
..... seconds
done
And then, I don't know why, once the booting process is over and I log
in, everything goes wrong...
- Under KDE:
Situation # 1
KNetworkConf (in KDE ConfigCentre – Network parameters) does show eth0
_alone_ , but it is not given any IP address (although DHCP is the
preselectioned IP detection mode); nothing changes before detection is
restarted by deactivating then reactivating the interface in this module.
Situation #2
knetworkmanager, the applet I installed to ease connection and
deconnection to the network, is as much “confused”; after KDE starts it
“runs empty” can't/won't connect to any interface for about 20 seconds,
to finally systematically choose the wrong one: “usb0”
- Under command line:
if I go to the command line with tty1 --> log in --> turn to root --> to
enter instruction "ifconfig -a" , in the first 20 seconds I get this:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:b3:eb:d8:02
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:55 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
RX bytes:1913 (1.8 KiB) TX bytes:8587 (8.3 KiB)
lo Link encap:Boucle locale
inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0
adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
RX bytes:3500 (3.4 KiB) TX bytes:3500 (3.4 KiB)
usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5e:cd:b5:00:88:c4
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
and later I get that:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:b3:eb:d8:02
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:55 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
RX bytes:2033 (1.9 KiB) TX bytes:8587 (8.3 KiB)
lo Link encap:Boucle locale
inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0
adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
RX bytes:3500 (3.4 KiB) TX bytes:3500 (3.4 KiB)
usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5e:cd:b5:00:88:c4
inet adr:169.254.91.233 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Masque:255.255.0.0
adr inet6: fe80::5ccd:b5ff:fe00:88c4/64 Scope:Lien
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:16 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
This confirms what I see under KDE:
something (what?) makes the system (which element, routine, module,
programme, package?) choose the wrong interface “usb0”.
How to solve this problem? This is the whole headache here!
My other problem is, I don't really know which other tests to carry out
to find out which setting I have to try with which programme, routine or
module or else... - before thinking of filling any bug report for a
particular package...
If you have ideas, I would be very thankful (if you need other
information, let me know, I'll get it for you).
Thanks very much in advance.
Ludo
PS Here is the contents of the first /etc/network/interfaces file (the
one generated at install)
BEGIN---
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth0
END---
I've had five versions and none worked as I wished...
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