http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2932
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This bug is similar to bug 2088. With two different computers, I can ping and access
other computers on the network, but cannot connect to the Internet. The appropriate
tool for correction is drakconnect. Mandrake Control Center->Network &
Internet->Connection. From the log files, it appears that the problem is with
RTNETLINK. Below is the error message related to RTNETLINK.
Does it establish a connection at all? - I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop
both running Mandrake 9.1rc2. Yesterday, and for a few weeks, the desktop was
connected to the Internet using Mandrake 9.1rc2. Today the desktop will no longer
connect to the Internet. Yesterday, I loaded the laptop running Mandrake 9.0, with
Mandrake 9.1rc2, and now it can no longer connect to the Internet, although it can
access, and ping other computers running on an internal network. I was able to
connect and use a VNC with this laptop running Mandrake 9.1rc2. The only problem is
establishing a connection to the Internet.
In which situation does it fail? - Currently both my Dell C600 Laptop and on the
Compaq Presario 5423 desktop systems fail on every occasion in trying to connect to
the Internet. I have tried at least 10 times on both machines, with a variety of
cables and configurations. After trying to use drakconnect, both computers have an
error in the logs of:
"ifup: RTNETLINK answers: no such device"
How exactly are you trying to connect to the Internet? - The Compaq Presario 5423
desktop has a static IP on a shared T1 line. I tried to connect the Compaq Presario
5423 directly to the Internet, and also through a Linksys BEFSX41 Firewall/Switch.
What is surprising is that on March 18, 2003, and in the several weeks before this
date, this computer was able to connect, and was connecting on the Internet using
Mandrake 9.1rc2. The connection failed on March 19, 2003. I may have added an
additional application which is causing the conflict, but cannot recall any specific
applications causing the problem.
The Dell C600 laptop was connecting to the Internet through a DSL router. I made a
fresh install on the Dell c600 laptop, and from its install it has not been able to
connect to the Internet.
#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 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
eth0
#ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:03:8C:E0:D9
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast: 192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric:1
RX packets:13050 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX Packets:6022 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:4 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:3832175 (3.6 Mb) TX bytes:723719 (706.7 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd400
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12960 errors:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12960 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:802492 (783.6 Kb) TX bytes 802492 (783.6 Kb)
#ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.773 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.238 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.212 ms
Are you running a firewall? Have you configured a firewall? - On both computers, I
have attempted connecting the machines directly to the Internet, and have disable
Mandrake's firewall feature in Mandrake 9.1rc2. I have also tried to connect the
computers through Linksys firewall/Switch boxes. Neither connection will work. On
March 19, 2002, I brought the laptop to another connection, where I had a computer
with Mandrake 9.0 connected to the Internet. I removed the ethernet cable from the
computer running 9.0, and plugged it into the laptop running 9.1rc2, and the laptop
would not connect to the Internet. I then returned the ethernet cable to the computer
running Mandrake 9.0, and that computer was still able to connect to the Internet.
The bug appears to be related to the RTNETLINK.
Walt Pennington
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I have a Kingston KNE120TX network card that RC2 picks up just fine, but when
i go through menudrake to start an internet connection, i always get minimal
data transfer and then it fails, every time. So i have no internet connection
whatsoever. The network/internet worked great for me in RC1. I have dsl with
a linksys router..
