[Bug 1021246] [NEW] DHCP does not acquire address using intel 82579LM on 12.04

[James Dominy]

Public bug reported:

I cannot get a DHCP address. I expect to get a DHCP address. On a fresh
install of precise pangolin, during install, the network config could
not get an IP address automatically. After reboot, I can set a static IP
address and gateway, and set resolv.conf manually, and I have a working
net connection. The DHCP server on my network works for other machines
including ubuntu machines. The network card is listed by lspci as

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 04)

When I initially tried to install precise I used a GPT partition table,
and networking worked fine, but grub did not. I had to use the BIOS boot
menu every time to get it to locate grub on the hard drive. Reinstalling
with an old MS-DOS partition fixed the grub issues, but now I have the
DHCP problem. I'm not sure if maybe it's a firmware issue, where the
firmware require EFI?

I also did a general aptitude uppdate/upgrade, and I'm now using

Linux tyrion 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC
2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

as reported by uname -a

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:	12.04

$ apt-cache policy dhcp3-client 
dhcp3-client:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.1
  Version table:
     4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.1 0
        500 http://mirror/za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://mirror/za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

** Affects: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  DHCP does not acquire address using intel 82579LM on 12.04

Status in “isc-dhcp” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I cannot get a DHCP address. I expect to get a DHCP address. On a
  fresh install of precise pangolin, during install, the network config
  could not get an IP address automatically. After reboot, I can set a
  static IP address and gateway, and set resolv.conf manually, and I
  have a working net connection. The DHCP server on my network works for
  other machines including ubuntu machines. The network card is listed
  by lspci as

  00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network
  Connection (rev 04)

  When I initially tried to install precise I used a GPT partition
  table, and networking worked fine, but grub did not. I had to use the
  BIOS boot menu every time to get it to locate grub on the hard drive.
  Reinstalling with an old MS-DOS partition fixed the grub issues, but
  now I have the DHCP problem. I'm not sure if maybe it's a firmware
  issue, where the firmware require EFI?

  I also did a general aptitude uppdate/upgrade, and I'm now using

  Linux tyrion 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC
  2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  as reported by uname -a

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  Release:	12.04

  $ apt-cache policy dhcp3-client 
  dhcp3-client:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.1
    Version table:
       4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.1 0
          500 http://mirror/za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
       4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5 0
          500 http://mirror/za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

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