On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 07:47:10AM -0400, Tom H 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
> > Sep 8 15:13:26 localhost kernel: [10657.229970] Unknown OutputIN=
> > OUT=eth0 SRC=192.168.1.102 DST=68.105.28.12 LEN=51 TOS
> > =0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=43051 PROTO=UDP SPT=59586 DPT=53 LEN=31
> >
> > Notice the difference between 15:13:25 and 15:13:26.
>
> 26 is a netfilter dns query log.
>
> To troubleshoot NM, it would've been more useful to grep for
> "NetworkManager" as well as tail the messages log file.
>
> What's the output of
>
> nm-tool
> cat /etc/network/interfaces
> cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
tail --lines=50 /var/log/dmesg | grep NetworkManager yields nothing
the same with tail --lines=50 /var/log/messages | grep NetworkManager
cat /etc/network/interfaces and
cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf are as shown in my other
reply.
nm-tool yields, in part,
- Device: eth0 [Auto (eth0)]
--------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: e1000e
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 00:21:CC:B6:06:8F
Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s
Wired Properties
Carrier: on
IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.1.102
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 68.105.28.12
DNS: 68.105.29.12
DNS: 68.105.28.11
Strange!
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