Re: [opensuse-factory] REVISITED, was: NetworkManager just broke

25 Mar 2015

      On 24/03/15 12:37, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
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* Patrick Shanahan  [03-21-15 21:13]:
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* Larry Finger  [03-21-15 21:08]:
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It appears that dhclient is failing to start. I should have had you
use 'ps ax | grep dhclient'.
dhclient is definitely failing to start, but *why*.
ADD:
  Just reformatted and installed a dell inspiron 1750 laptop which
  defaulted to NetworkManager and failed to start dhcp.  I was able to
  connect by issuing "dhcpcd wlp12s0", but lost connection when closing the
  root term where it was issued.  "ps auxf |grep dhcp" revealed it was
  still running.
Used "yast network" to return to wicked.
Why is NetworkManager working for most others (I hear few complaints) and
consistantly failing for me?
My settings in "yast network"
Global
   enable ipv6
   hostname to send: auto (change default route via dhcp)
Overview
   General
     Activate at boot time
   Address
     Dynamic DHCP both ver
   Hardware
     not changed (system default)
Hostname/DNS
   Change via DHCP
Routing
   not changed (system default)
I don't know whether this is of any help .....
I have a desktop using T'Weed installed clean from a Jan 2015 snapshot. 
  I have
only ever done updates, never upgrades, since then.  I have a wired 
connection.
NM has always worked, although occasionally it fails to connect at boot 
up, but
using the applet if I disconnect and then connect it works.  When I look 
at the
process tree, I see dhclient as a sub-process of NM. I should add that I 
know almost nothing about network set-ups, it just worked out of the box.

Regards, David.

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XFCE 4.12
NM   1.0.0

==== My settings in "yast network":

Global
   enable ipv6
   hostname to send: auto (change default route via dhcp)

Overview
   *** Different from yours - all buttons disabled, but showing
   the hardware details (Manufacturer, MAC address etc.), plus:
    - Device name: emp3s0
    - Started manually
    - IP address Assigned using DHCP

Hostname/DNS
   Nothing checked here.

Routing
   not changed (system default)

==== NetworkManager Connection settings for emp3s0

General
   Auto connect when available
   All users may connect
Ethernet
   Mac address specified
   MTU automatic
IPv4 Settings
   Auto (DHCP) addresses only
IPv6 Settings
   Link-Local only
All other tabs untouched.

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Re: [opensuse-factory] REVISITED, was: NetworkManager just broke

David Cooper