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Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.

So once our upgrade to FC19 was done, we notice we haven't got a network connection anymore.  This is because we try to use yum and get a bunch of error messages.  Here's how to solve it on the new system through a debugging session into the issue.  

QUICK SOLUTION

Turned out that not much has changed in the NetworkManager software from the early days of Fedora

# service NetworkManager stop

Followed by

# service network restart

did the trick.

LONG INVESTIGATION

[root@localhost F13toF18]# yum update all
Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora/19/i386. Please verify its path and try again
[root@localhost F13toF18]# yum update
Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora/19/i386. Please verify its path and try again
[root@localhost F13toF18]# ps -ef|grep -i sshd
root      1183     1  0 16:40 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
root      2600  2091  0 16:54 pts/0    00:00:00 grep –color=auto -i sshd
[root@localhost F13toF18]# service sshd restart
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart  sshd.service
[root@localhost F13toF18]#
[root@localhost F13toF18]# ifconfig

eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 00:0d:88:38:0a:34  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 81  bytes 11963 (11.6 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 81  bytes 11963 (11.6 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[root@localhost F13toF18]# service network restart
Restarting network (via systemctl):  Job for network.service failed. See 'systemctl status network.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
                                                           [FAILED]

and we try again using systemctl:

[root@localhost F13toF18]# systemctl status network.service
network.service – LSB: Bring up/down networking
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2013-08-10 16:54:19 EDT; 22s ago
  Process: 2636 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost network[2636]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost network[2636]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost network[2636]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost network[2636]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost network[2636]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost network[2636]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost systemd-sysctl[2870]: Duplicate assignment of kernel/sysrq in file '/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf', ignoring.
Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost systemd[1]: network.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Bring up/down networking.
Aug 10 16:54:19 localhost systemd[1]: Unit network.service entered failed state.
[root@localhost F13toF18]#
[root@localhost F13toF18]# service network restart
Restarting network (via systemctl):  Job for network.service failed. See 'systemctl status network.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
                                                           [FAILED]
[root@localhost F13toF18]#
[root@localhost F13toF18]#
[root@localhost F13toF18]#
[root@localhost F13toF18]# journalctl -xn
— Logs begin at Sat 2013-08-10 11:08:22 EDT, end at Sat 2013-08-10 16:55:12 EDT. —
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost network[2893]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost network[2893]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost network[2893]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost network[2893]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost network[2893]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost network[2893]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost systemd-sysctl[3127]: Duplicate assignment of kernel/sysrq in file '/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf', ignoring.
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost systemd[1]: network.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Bring up/down networking.
— Subject: Unit network.service has failed
— Defined-By: systemd
— Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
— Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/be02cf6855d2428ba40df7e9d022f03d

— Unit network.service has failed.

— The result is failed.
Aug 10 16:55:12 localhost systemd[1]: Unit network.service entered failed state.
[root@localhost F13toF18]# service start lsb
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl lsb  start.service
Unknown operation 'lsb'.
[root@localhost F13toF18]#


[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifup eth0
ERROR    : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
[root@localhost network-scripts]#


so our friend ifup still does check the network scripts folder, however new this FC19 distribution is:

[root@localhost ~]# strace ifup eth0 2>&1|grep network
stat64("/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, …}) = 0
chdir("/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts") = 0
open("./network-functions", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
stat64("../network", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=15, …}) = 0
open("../network", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
open("/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth", X_OK) = 0
faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth", X_OK) = 0
execve("/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth", [“/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/i”…, “ifcfg-eth0”], [/* 71 vars */]) = 0
stat64("/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, …}) = 0
open("/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
stat64("/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, …}) = 0
chdir("/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts") = 0
open("./network-functions", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
stat64("../network", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=15, …}) = 0
open("../network", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
open("/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
write(1, "ERROR    : [/etc/sysconfig/netwo”…, 116ERROR    : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.

[root@localhost ~]# ifup eth0
ERROR    : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
[root@localhost ~]#


so let's check the udev rules.  Maybe things got scrambled up in a manner of polite speaking:

[root@localhost ~]# ifup eth0
ERROR    : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
# BOOTPROTO=dhcp
BOOTPROTO=none
# IPADDR=192.168.1.2
IPADDR=192.168.0.13
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
# GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
HWADDR=94:de:80:73:b1:78
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=yes
DNS1=192.168.0.1
# DNS1=192.168.1.1
NM_CONTROLLED=no
TYPE=Ethernet
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
# This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules
# program run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.
#
# You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line.

 

# PCI device 0x1106:0x3065 (via-rhine)
# TOAST DUE TO THUNDERSTORM: SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:13:d4:3d:3b:6a", ATTR{type}=="1", NAME="eth0"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="94:de:80:73:b1:78", ATTR{type}=="1", NAME="eth0"

# PCI device 0x100b:0x0020 (natsemi)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:0d:88:38:0a:34", ATTR{type}=="1", NAME="eth1"


# USB device 0x:0x (rt73usb)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:23:cd:bc:6e:22", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"

# PCI device 0x1106:0x3065 (via-rhine)
# SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:13:d4:3d:3b:6a", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth2"

# PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169)
# SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="94:de:80:73:b1:78", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth3"
[root@localhost ~]#

they match so let's check what's on the disk in /sys and in /proc and with ifconfig -a:

[root@localhost net]# ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 00:0d:88:38:0a:34  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

eth1: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 94:de:80:73:b1:78  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 81  bytes 11963 (11.6 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 81  bytes 11963 (11.6 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[root@localhost net]#


And we quickly see that our cards got reversed on reboot.  So we need to update our persistent net rules:

[root@localhost net]# ls -altri
total 0
   10 drwxr-xr-x 46 root root 0 Aug 10 16:39 ..
17222 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 0 Aug 10 16:40 eth0 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:05:06.0/net/eth0
 3226 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 0 Aug 10 16:40 .
17425 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 0 Aug 10 16:40 eth1 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:03:00.0/net/eth1
 3231 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 0 Aug 10 16:40 lo -> ../../devices/virtual/net/lo
[root@localhost net]# cd eth0
[root@localhost eth0]# pwd
/sys/class/net/eth0
[root@localhost eth0]# ls
addr_assign_type  addr_len   carrier  dev_id   duplex  ifalias  iflink     mtu           operstate  queues  statistics  tx_queue_len  uevent
address           broadcast  device   dormant  flags   ifindex  link_mode  netdev_group  power      speed   subsystem   type
[root@localhost eth0]# cat address
00:0d:88:38:0a:34
[root@localhost eth0]# pwd
/sys/class/net/eth0
[root@localhost eth0]# cd ../eth1
[root@localhost eth1]# cat address
94:de:80:73:b1:78
[root@localhost eth1]#

But on close inspection, our udev rules are fine and should be working.  This means our udev system isn't working then.  So we work on that instead:

[root@localhost eth1]# udevadm trigger
[root@localhost eth1]#

And when running

service network restart

we get a bunch of new errors:

/var/log/messages
Aug 11 00:14:58 localhost systemd[1]: Cannot add dependency job for unit sys-kernel-security.mount, ignoring: Unit sys-kernel-security.mount failed to load: Invalid argument. See system logs and 'systemctl status sys-kernel-security.mount' for details.
Aug 11 00:14:58 localhost systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Bring up/down networking…
Aug 11 00:14:58 localhost systemd-sysctl[4548]: Duplicate assignment of kernel/sysrq in file '/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf', ignoring.
Aug 11 00:14:58 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up loopback interface:  [  OK  ]
Aug 11 00:14:58 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up interface Auto_BELL537:  [  OK  ]
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up interface Auto_BELLPerna1:  [  OK  ]
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up interface Auto_Boragina:  [  OK  ]
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost NetworkManager[710]: <warn> connection /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 failed to activate: (2) Device not managed by NetworkManager or unavailable
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up interface Auto_Ethernet:  Error: Connection activation failed: Device not managed by NetworkManager or unavailable
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: [FAILED]
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up interface Auto_VWgolf:  [  OK  ]
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up interface Auto_covello:  [  OK  ]
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up interface ChiefSheriff:  [  OK  ]
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up interface eth0:  ERROR    : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth: Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: [FAILED]
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: Bringing up interface eth1:  ERROR    : [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth] Device eth1 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth: Device eth1 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: [FAILED]
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost network[4522]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost systemd-sysctl[4756]: Duplicate assignment of kernel/sysrq in file '/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf', ignoring.
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost systemd[1]: network.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Bring up/down networking.
Aug 11 00:14:59 localhost systemd[1]: Unit network.service entered failed state.


We try to see if we are up to date with udev but get this instead:

[root@localhost eth1]# yum search udev
Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora/19/i386. Please verify its path and try again
[root@localhost eth1]#

and we quickly notice when running the above yum search udev command through strace that we have some old folders in the yum cache directory from our upgrade:

stat64("/var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/etc/opt", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, …}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/etc/opt", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 5
getdents64(5, /* 2 entries */, 32768)   = 48
getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 32768)   = 0
close(5)                                = 0
stat64("/var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/run", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, …}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/run", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 5
getdents64(5, /* 2 entries */, 32768)   = 48
getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 32768)   = 0
close(5)                                = 0
stat64("/var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/srv", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, …}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/srv", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 5
getdents64(5, /* 2 entries */, 32768)   = 48
getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 32768)   = 0
close(5)                                = 0
stat64("/var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/opt", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, …}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/opt", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 5
getdents64(5, /* 2 entries */, 32768)   = 48
getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 32768)   = 0
close(5)                                = 0
gettimeofday({1376194705, 953066}, NULL) = 0
write(2, "Error: Cannot retrieve metalink "…, 101Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora/19/i386. Please verify its path and try again
) = 101
unlink("/var/run/yum.pid")              = 0
close(4)                                = 0
munmap(0xb704d000, 4096)                = 0
close(3)                                = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, {0xb765e890, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, {0xb765e890, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, ~[RTMIN RT_1], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
exit_group(1)                           = ?
+++ exited with 1 +++
[root@localhost eth1]#
[root@localhost eth1]#
[root@localhost eth1]# ls -ald var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/
ls: cannot access var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/: No such file or directory
[root@localhost eth1]# ls -ald /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Aug 10 16:43 /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/
[root@localhost eth1]# ls -al var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/
ls: cannot access var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/: No such file or directory
[root@localhost eth1]# ls -al /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/filesystem/
total 264
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root   4096 Aug 10 16:43 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 200704 Aug 10 16:43 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      7 Aug 10 10:21 bin -> usr/bin
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 boot
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 dev
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root   4096 Aug 10 10:21 etc
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 home
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      7 Aug 10 10:21 lib -> usr/lib
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 media
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 mnt
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 opt
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 proc
dr-xr-x—  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 root
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 run
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      8 Aug 10 10:21 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 srv
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 sys
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 04:56 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root   4096 Aug 10 10:21 usr
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root   4096 Aug 10 10:21 var
[root@localhost eth1]#


And we see more details on why yum is complaining:

[root@localhost packages]# strace yum search udev 2>&1|grep -i error
read(6, "\0\0\0t\3\0\0\0intt\n\0\0\0ValueErrort\23\0\0\0_"…, 4096) = 995
read(7, "\0\0ImportErrort\v\0\0\0__func_namet\7\0"…, 4096) = 181
stat64("/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/Errors", 0xbfef28b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/Errors.so", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/Errorsmodule.so", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/Errors.py", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 6
open("/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/Errors.pyc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 7
open("/lib/libgpg-error.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 8
write(2, "Error: Cannot retrieve metalink "…, 101Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora/19/i386. Please verify its path and try again
[root@localhost packages]#


[root@localhost eth1]# ls -al /var/cache/yum/fedora/metalink.xml
ls: cannot access /var/cache/yum/fedora/metalink.xml: No such file or directory
[root@localhost eth1]#

This essentially means yum cannot get on the network to do anything:

Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora/19/i386. Please verify its path and try again

So we need to look at another option to see why the persistent naming rules do not work.  And udevadm trigger doesn't even process these rules:

[root@localhost fedora]# strace udevadm trigger -vvvv 2>&1 | grep -i rules.d
[root@localhost fedora]# strace udevadm trigger -vvvv 2>&1 | grep -i persistent
[root@localhost fedora]#

hence the problem.  So we temporarily change the rules in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0/1 to the expected MAC to get some connectivity and we startup the network:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# vi ifcfg-eth0
[root@localhost network-scripts]# vi ifcfg-eth1
[root@localhost network-scripts]# service network restart
Restarting network (via systemctl):  Job for network.service failed. See 'systemctl status network.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
                                                           [FAILED]
[root@localhost network-scripts]# systemctl status network.service
network.service – LSB: Bring up/down networking
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2013-08-11 00:38:36 EDT; 7s ago
  Process: 5290 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost network[5290]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost network[5290]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost network[5290]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost network[5290]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost network[5290]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost network[5290]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost systemd-sysctl[5647]: Duplicate assignment of kernel/sysrq in file '/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf', ignoring.
Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost systemd[1]: network.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Bring up/down networking.
Aug 11 00:38:36 moto.localhost systemd[1]: Unit network.service entered failed state.
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifup eth0
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.13  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255
        ether 00:0d:88:38:0a:34  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

eth1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 192.168.255.255
        inet6 fe80::96de:80ff:fe73:b178  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 94:de:80:73:b1:78  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 25  bytes 4363 (4.2 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 81  bytes 11963 (11.6 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 81  bytes 11963 (11.6 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ping google.com
^C
[root@localhost network-scripts]# service iptables stop
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop  iptables.service
[root@localhost network-scripts]# systemctl stop iptables.service
[root@localhost network-scripts]# systemctl start iptables.service
[root@localhost network-scripts]# iptables -nL|head
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         
DROP       all  —  218.189.179.82       0.0.0.0/0           
ACCEPT     tcp  —  127.0.0.1            0.0.0.0/0            tcp dpt:3306
ACCEPT     all  —  127.0.0.0/8          127.0.0.0/8         
ACCEPT     tcp  —  192.168.0.0/16       192.168.0.0/16       tcp dpt:21
ACCEPT     tcp  —  192.168.0.0/16       192.168.0.0/16       tcp spt:21
ACCEPT     tcp  —  192.168.0.0/16       192.168.0.0/16       tcp dpt:20
ACCEPT     tcp  —  192.168.0.0/16       192.168.0.0/16       tcp spt:20
LOG        tcp  —  192.168.1.0/24       192.168.1.0/24       tcp LOG flags 0 level 4
[root@localhost network-scripts]# systemctl stop iptables.service
[root@localhost network-scripts]# iptables -nL|head
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         
[root@localhost network-scripts]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
^C
[root@localhost network-scripts]#


[root@localhost network-scripts]# ping 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.0.13 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.13 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.13 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.13 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
— 192.168.0.1 ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 4001ms
pipe 4
[root@localhost network-scripts]#


And routing seems fine:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1002   0        0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1003   0        0 eth1
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 eth1
[root@localhost network-scripts]#


We comment this line out in:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# cat /etc/sysctl.conf|grep sysrq
# kernel.sysrq = 0
[root@localhost network-scripts]#

to avoid this warning:

Duplicate assignment of kernel/sysrq in file '/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf', ignoring.

Then we try something from the error messages above:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# etc/rc.d/init.d/network static.ifcfg-wlan0
2ISNOW0.ifcfg-eth2      ifcfg-Auto_covello      _ifcfg-eth1             ifdown-ipv6             ifup-bnep               ifup-post               network-functions-ipv6
back.ifcfg-eth0         ifcfg-Auto_Ethernet     _ifcfg-eth1_            ifdown-isdn             ifup-eth                ifup-ppp                old.ifcfg-eth1
back.ifcfg-eth1         ifcfg-Auto_linksys      ifcfg-eth1              ifdown-post             ifup-ippp               ifup-routes             old.ifcfg-eth2
Dec.19.2011.ifcfg-eth2  ifcfg-Auto_VWgolf       ifcfg-lo                ifdown-ppp              ifup-ipsec              ifup-sit                static.ifcfg-wlan0
dhcp.ifcfg-wlan0        ifcfg-ChiefSheriff      ifdown                  ifdown-routes           ifup-ipv6               ifup-tunnel             strace-ifup.txt
FRIED.ifcfg-eth0        __ifcfg-eth0            ifdown-bnep             ifdown-sit              ifup-ipx                ifup-wireless           
ifcfg-Auto_BELL537      _ifcfg-eth0             ifdown-eth              ifdown-tunnel           ifup-isdn               init.ipv6-global        
ifcfg-Auto_BELLPerna1   _ifcfg-eth0_            ifdown-ippp             ifup                    ifup-plip               lshal-list.txt          
ifcfg-Auto_Boragina     ifcfg-eth0              ifdown-ipsec            ifup-aliases            ifup-plusb              network-functions       
[root@localhost network-scripts]# etc/rc.d/init.d/network static.ifcfg-wlan0

Pinging the network interface works fine:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifconfig -a eth0
eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.13  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255
        ether 00:0d:88:38:0a:34  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ping 192.168.0.13
PING 192.168.0.13 (192.168.0.13) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.13: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.026 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.13: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.035 ms
^C
— 192.168.0.13 ping statistics —
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.026/0.030/0.035/0.007 ms
[root@localhost network-scripts]#

When checking further we see that:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ping 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.0.13 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.13 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.13 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.13 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
— 192.168.0.1 ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 4000ms
pipe 4
[root@localhost network-scripts]#

And still no luck.  Checking the ARP table:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# arp -an
? (192.168.0.1) at <incomplete> on eth0
[root@localhost network-scripts]#
[root@localhost network-scripts]#
[root@localhost network-scripts]#
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Supported pause frame use: No
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 10Mb/s
        Duplex: Half
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 32
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Supports Wake-on: pumbg
        Wake-on: d
        Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                               drv probe link
        Link detected: no
[root@localhost network-scripts]#

And when using our recent post looks like because of the network card swap and MAC swap, our cable has been in the wrong port all along.  Swapping the cable to the working NIC worked like a charm!

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Supported pause frame use: No
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Link partner advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                             100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
        Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 100Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 32
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Supports Wake-on: pumbg
        Wake-on: d
        Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                               drv probe link
        Link detected: yes
[root@localhost network-scripts]#

 

And now to check the udev daemon and why it's not renaming things properly or using our rules!

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifdown eth0
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifup eth0
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifconfig -a eth0
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.13  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255
        inet6 fe80::20d:88ff:fe38:a34  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:0d:88:38:0a:34  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 5  bytes 322 (322.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 62  bytes 13593 (13.2 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ping 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=16.3 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=16.2 ms
^C
— 192.168.0.1 ping statistics —
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 16.268/16.327/16.387/0.140 ms
[root@localhost network-scripts]#

But systemctl still fails:

[root@localhost packages]# service network restart
Restarting network (via systemctl):  Job for network.service failed. See 'systemctl status network.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
                                                           [FAILED]
[root@localhost packages]#


NetworkManager was also enabled which was disconnecting us.  To disable, we ran this:

[root@localhost network-scripts]#
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ps -ef|grep -i 710
root       710     1  0 Aug10 ?        00:00:01 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager –no-daemon
root      9575   710  0 01:06 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/libexec/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-d20ee4a8-6a2e-422b-bd2c-994ec166f400-eth0.lease -cf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
root      9591  3920  0 01:07 pts/0    00:00:00 grep –color=auto -i 710
[root@localhost network-scripts]# service NetworkManager stop
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop  NetworkManager.service
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ps -ef|grep -i 710
root      9607  3920  0 01:07 pts/0    00:00:00 grep –color=auto -i 710
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ps -ef|grep -i NetworkManager
root      9609  3920  0 01:07 pts/0    00:00:00 grep –color=auto -i NetworkManager
[root@localhost network-scripts]#

This is the same problem with NetworkManager we had in the early days of Fedora.  Looks like not much has changed since then.  Once turned off, networking restarts just fine:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifconfig
eth1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 192.168.255.255
        inet6 fe80::96de:80ff:fe73:b178  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 94:de:80:73:b1:78  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 189  bytes 16226 (15.8 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 6  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 37  bytes 5083 (4.9 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 240  bytes 28636 (27.9 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 240  bytes 28636 (27.9 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[root@localhost network-scripts]# service network restart
Restarting network (via systemctl):  Job for network.service failed. See 'systemctl status network.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
                                                           [FAILED]
[root@localhost network-scripts]#
[root@localhost network-scripts]#
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.13  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255
        inet6 fe80::20d:88ff:fe38:a34  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:0d:88:38:0a:34  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 6797  bytes 7048610 (6.7 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 5519  bytes 770855 (752.7 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

eth1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 192.168.255.255
        inet6 fe80::96de:80ff:fe73:b178  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 94:de:80:73:b1:78  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 189  bytes 16226 (15.8 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 6  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 37  bytes 5083 (4.9 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 240  bytes 28636 (27.9 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 240  bytes 28636 (27.9 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ping google.com
PING google.com (173.194.43.110) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from yyz08s10-in-f14.1e100.net (173.194.43.110): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=23.2 ms
64 bytes from yyz08s10-in-f14.1e100.net (173.194.43.110): icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=22.1 ms
^C
— google.com ping statistics —
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 22.111/22.662/23.214/0.571 ms
[root@localhost network-scripts]#

And that's that.

Cheers,
TK

 

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