On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 15:17, <dmbuce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Some more info: I noticed while looking through pacman.log that this is the > first upgrade I've done since 2011-03-26. *wince* > > On 06/26/2011 02:15 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:05 PM,<dmbuce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> # lspci | grep -i ethernet >>> Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI >>> Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03) >>> >>> After doing pacman -Syu, ethernet on my desktop stopped working. The card >>> on >>> my laptop is the same, at least according to lspci, and is working fine. >>> >>> When I upgraded, there was a change in syntax in rc.conf for defining the >>> network, but I'm just attempting dhcp for now before I try to set up a >>> static ip: >>> >>> interface=eth0 >>> address= >>> netmask= >>> gateway= >> >> Could you try with your old rc.conf? We didn't drop support for the >> old syntax, so it should still work. It would be good to rule that one >> out before anything else I think. > > Trying dhcp with the old syntax fails, and configuring a static ip appears > to succeed, but then fails when I try to do something with the connection. > > eth0="eth0 192.168.0.116 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" > INTERFACES=(eth0) > gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1" > ROUTES=(gateway) > >> >> Secondly, could you possibly downgrade some of your packages to figure >> out which one caused the problem? My guess is going to be kernel26, >> initscripts or udev. > > After downgrading the kernel, my eth0 device no longer shows up in with > ifconfig -a. Downgrading initscripts, udev, and mkinitcpio (which I needed > to do for udev) didn't help. > > Oh, but using r8169 instead of r8168 fixes that. nvm. Still can't get a > working connection, though. Any other suggestions for packages to downgrade? > >> >> One more thing: have you noticed the change of syntax in rc.conf for >> blacklisting modules? Did you blacklist any modules before, that is >> not getting blacklisted anymore? Could you try blacklisting them using >> modprobe.conf? > > Yes, I noticed this. The only thing I ever blacklisted before the upgrade > was pcspkr, and that's no longer loaded automatically. While troubleshooting > this issue, I've blacklisted r8169 in /etc/modprobe.d, but I undid that > change and uninstalled the r8168 package while downgrading the packages you > suggested (see above). > >> >> Please file a bug report if none of this solves your problem. > > Should I file it upstream or on Arch's bugtracker? What package/project > should I file it with? > >> >> -t > I made the following changes to my rc.conf file after the upgrade and haven't had any problems. HOSTNAME="gandalf" # interface=eth0 address=192.168.0.5 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.0.1 I haven't tried DHCP. Hope I haven't missed the point and that this helps. Myra -- Life's fun when your sick and psychotic!
