Network problem (kubuntu 8.10)

[Martin Laberge]

On Monday 06 October 2008 16:06:27 Michele Faresin wrote:
> Hello list!
> 
> This is the first i write something here, so please, be patient to me.
> First of all, sorry for my bad english!
> Second, let me explain the problem (google was'nt helpful this time): I've 
> just updated from 8.04 to 8.10, without any problem. When I rebooted the 
> system, my network did not work. Knetworkmanager is in "grey" status, and 
> after i configured it manually (i use static ip), it always pop up "Device: 
> eth0 State: disconnected"
> 
> This is about my ethernet card:
> 
> lshw -C network
>   *-network
>        description: Ethernet interface
>        product: 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
>        vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
>        physical id: 0
>        bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
>        logical name: eth0
>        version: 12
>        serial: ###############
>        size: 100MB/s
>        capacity: 1GB/s
>        width: 64 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet 
> physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
>        configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 
> driverversion=1.22 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.100 latency=0 link=yes 
> module=sky2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
>   *-network DISABLED
>        description: Ethernet interface
>        physical id: 1
>        logical name: pan0
>        serial: ############
>        capabilities: ethernet physical
>        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A 
> link=yes multicast=yes
> 
> route:
> 
> route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth0
> 
> cat /etc/network/interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.1.100
> network 192.168.0.0

oups ---------/
  network 192.168.1.0


> netmask 255.255.255.0
> broadcast 192.168.0.255
> gateway 192.168.1.1
> 
> I can't fiugure out this:
> 
> sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
>  * Reconfiguring network interfaces...SIOCADDRT: No such process
> Failed to bring up eth0.
>                                                                                                                                                                              OK 
> 
> But if I do:
> 
> ifup -a
> everithing works fine!!! 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 



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Martin Laberge
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