http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549869 Summary: Initialization of 2nd NIC fails "Cannot assign requested address" realtek RTL8111/8168B Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: RC 1 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: blackhole999@gmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 Using ifup style configuration and setting up the network configuration via yast2 the second network card fails to initialize. dhcpcd fails & exits reporting the following error. eth1: ioctl SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address Interface then reports as not up (ifup-route) and ifup reports "Cannot enable interface eth1" Booting a CentOS 5.3 CD into rescue mode the hardware correctly obtains a dhcp address and works correctly. The system is a MSI-7522 X58 motherboard (core i7,12G 2x500G Sata ATAPI DVD) the 2 onboard NIC report as (lspci) RTL8111/8168B PCIe Gigabit. Selected driver is r8169.ko and 1st NIC works fine. Problem is same running either desktop or xen host configurations. Network Config: IPV6 disabled during install br0 statically assigned IPV4 address with eth0 attached to bridge. eth1 DHCP configured from DSL router. Configuration specifies DHCP4 only. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install 11.2RC1 2. Configure network via yast/yast2 3. reboot. Actual Results: ETH1 does not come up - no connectivity Expected Results: A working network connection! -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.