https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736059 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736059#c5 Olivier Calle <olivier@calle.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |olivier@calle.org --- Comment #5 from Olivier Calle <olivier@calle.org> 2011-12-17 21:31:26 UTC --- I seem to have the same or similar problem. I have installed OpenSUSE 12.1 on 2 systems (fresh installs). After booting up I switched the network configuration from DHCP to static on eth0. I set a default gateway and a DNS server. Both are 64 bit installs. One system just has ethernet, while the other has ethernet and WiFi. Here is what I see happen: 1. (Re)start networking with "/etc/init.d/network (re)start" 2. Type "ip addr" and see that eth0 is down with no IP address 3. (Re)start networking with "/etc/init.d/network (re)start -o debug" 4. Type "ip addr" and see that eth0 is now OK with the static IP address Here is some info from /var/log/messages for the failing case: Dec 17 12:42:31 rilian network[15954]: Setting up network interfaces: Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian network[15954]: eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/81 Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian ifup: eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/81 Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian ifup: eth0 Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian ifup: IP address: 192.168.72.54/24 Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian network[15954]: eth0 IP address: 192.168.72.54/24 Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian ifup: Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian network[15954]: ..failed wlan0 device: Ralink corp. RT2860 Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian ifup: wlan0 device: Ralink corp. RT2860 Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian network[15954]: wlan0 Startmode is 'off' Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian ifup: wlan0 Startmode is 'off' Dec 17 12:42:32 rilian network[15954]: ..skippedSetting up service network . . . . . . . . ...done Dec 17 12:42:33 rilian network[16301]: Shutting down network interfaces: Dec 17 12:42:33 rilian network[16301]: eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/81 Dec 17 12:42:33 rilian ifdown: eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/81 You can see that after eth0 is up, a new set of log messages (pid change from 15954 to 16301) are stating that the network is being brought down...?!? Those log messages are caused by typing "/etc/init.d/network start" If instead I type "/etc/init.d/network start -o debug", the interface stays up. Looking at the log in that case, I see a little clue: Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian ifup: eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/81 Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian kernel: [ 2980.547694] r8169 0000:04:0b.0: eth0: link down Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian kernel: [ 2980.547713] r8169 0000:04:0b.0: eth0: link down Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian kernel: [ 2980.548488] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian ifup: eth0 Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian ifup: IP address: 192.168.72.54/24 Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian ifup: Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian avahi-daemon[805]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.72.54. Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian avahi-daemon[805]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS. Dec 17 12:52:08 rilian avahi-daemon[805]: Registering new address record for 192.168.72.54 on eth0.IPv4. Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian ifup: wlan0 device: Ralink corp. RT2860 Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian ifup: wlan0 Startmode is 'off' Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: ... still waiting for hotplug devices: Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: SUCCESS_IFACES= eth0 wlan0 Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: MANDATORY_DEVICES= Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: ... final Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: SUCCESS_IFACES= eth0 wlan0 Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: MANDATORY_DEVICES= Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: FAILED=0 Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: TTWAIT=2 Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: ... still waiting for virtual devices: Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: SUCCESS_IFACES= eth0 wlan0 Dec 17 12:52:09 rilian network: VIRTUAL_IFACES= Dec 17 12:52:11 rilian kernel: [ 2983.555938] r8169 0000:04:0b.0: eth0: link up Dec 17 12:52:11 rilian kernel: [ 2983.556777] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready What I see here is that the link is marked as down at the start and isn't noted as up until 2 seconds after the interface is up (kinda). I hope this helps get this bug resolved, because not having static networking working out of the box is making me wonder about having picked OpenSUSE as the distribution for my server and clients at home... :-( If you need any more information and/or testing I'm glad to help. (PS: IMHO Importance of this bug should be much higher than None.) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.