On Monday 21 of February 2011 17:34:42 Hugues Demers wrote: > Hi, > > My connection just stop working for no apparent reason. I stopped NM and > run it with --no-daemon and the following output is given: > > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.8.1) is starting... > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> Read config file > /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> modem-manager is now available > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory > '/lib/firmware'. > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: init! > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_system_hostname > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPluginIfupdown: management mode: unmanaged > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:04:00.0/net/eth2, iface: eth2) > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:04:00.0/net/eth2, iface: eth2): > no ifupdown configuration found. > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: > /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo) > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: > /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo): no ifupdown configuration found. > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: end _init. > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> Loaded plugin ifupdown: (C) 2008 Canonical > Ltd. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list. > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red > Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list. > NetworkManager[2669]: Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0 > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (8088128) ... get_connections. > NetworkManager[2669]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (8088128) ... get_connections > (managed=false): return empty list. > NetworkManager[2669]: Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0 > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by > state file > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by > state file > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by > state file > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> (eth2): carrier is OFF > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> (eth2): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' > ifindex: 2) > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> (eth2): exported as > /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> (eth2): now managed > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> (eth2): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2) > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> (eth2): bringing up device. > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> (eth2): preparing device. > NetworkManager[2669]: <info> (eth2): deactivating device (reason: 2). > /sbin/ifup: interface lo already configured > > > However, I cannot find any documentation relating to the reason codes given > above. What do they mean? Anybody can point me to such documentation if it > exists or can explain the reason why the device was deactivated? > > Thank you very much, > Hugues
This is not an error. The device is deactivated when preparing the device before it can be used by NM. See the list few days back: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2011-February/msg00042.html Jirka _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
