On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 04:48:03PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Robert Holtzm <holtzm@cox.net> wrote: > > Running updated wheezy on a thinkpad T420i w/ xfce DE. > > > > With great embarrassment, after stoutly defending nm, eth0 no longer > > connects. This only happens when I run wheezy. The connection is fine > > when I run the other distros on the hdd, squeeze and ubuntu 12.04. > > Under wheezy it also happens when the laptop is hard wired directly to > > the cable modem. > > > > looking at dmesg > > root@localhost:/home/holtzm# tail --lines=50 /var/log/dmesg | grep eth0 > > [ 18.864912] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > > > > Looking at messages > > root@localhost:/var/log# less messages | grep eth0 | less > > Sep 8 15:13:25 localhost kernel: [10656.049605] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link > > is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx > > Sep 8 15:13:25 localhost kernel: [10656.049617] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: > > eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO > > Notice the difference between 15:13:25 and 15:13:26. > > > > Don't know how to approach trouble shooting this. Any pointers > > appreciated. > > This is just a stab in the dark, but is there any reference in > /etc/network/interfaces to eth0? If so, it is not managed by nm (with > which I, too, have never had any trouble, except very recently on a > new 'testing' install where the problem was as I speculate yours could > possibly be). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 #iface eth0 inet dhcp When I first loaded wheezy the last line was uncommented and eth0 wouldn't connect. After I commented it out eth0 fired right up and was perfectly stable until the other day. As a test I tried commenting the other line referring to eth0 with no luck. Thanks for the reply. > > Patrick > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: [🔎] CAJVvKsNrRJt10dWZjaKy2GOXPdcfXYXhQNvfBHVzw7FRDSxeDA@mail.gmail.com">http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] CAJVvKsNrRJt10dWZjaKy2GOXPdcfXYXhQNvfBHVzw7FRDSxeDA@mail.gmail.com -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight lipped NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor Strangelove Key ID 8D549279
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