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whaler

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From: Oslo, Norway

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 323

No internet connection after upgrade

I ran "pacman -Syu" and answered yes to replacing "atl2" and "wlan-ng26" with "core/kernel26". After rebooting, eth0 times out and I get no connection to my DSL modem.

I tried "dhcpcd -d 10.0.0.138" (the modem's address) and got this:
10.0.0.138:dhcpcd 4.0.7 starting
10.0.0.138:read_interface: No such device

This is on my AMD Athlon64 box. I just upgraded another box with Arch 32-bit (the one I am writing this from...) and had no problems, but there I was not asked whether any files should be replaced. The two boxen use the same DSL modem.

From what I understand, the atl2 ethernet driver is now included in the kernel.
Must I load a special module?

flecha

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Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 26

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

I am having the same problem in a Dell Inspiron 1525 with a Intel Celeron.

whaler

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From: Oslo, Norway

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 323

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

I notice in /var/log/messages.log:

X:2576 conflicting memory types e0000000-f0000000 write-combining<->uncached-minus
reserve_memtype failed 0xe0000000-0xf0000000, track write-combining, req write-combining

This is repeated 3 times and did not happen with kernel 2.6.27 or earlier.

Don't know if this has anything to do with the ethernet driver not being loaded, or whatever.

I would really appreciate if anyone has a suggestion as to how I might start and/or test the ethernet driver.

whaler

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From: Oslo, Norway

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 323

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

Just tested the Fallback kernel.

DHCP works. No memory error messages.

I don't know the differences between the Standard and Fallback kernels, but something is wrong with the Standard kernel on my system.

flecha

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Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 26

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

In my case I cant connect even with the Fallback kernel.

When booting I get this error too:
Fatal: module wl not found

(I use Wicd)

Last edited by flecha (2009-01-16 22:39:08)

flecha

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Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 26

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

I was able to connect using "dhcpcd eth0".
But somethings still dont work... like an applet that pings many sites or Wicd.

whaler

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From: Oslo, Norway

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 323

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

With so many things appearing to be out of whack with this kernel revision, let's hope for an improved one shortly.

oliwer

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From: Paris

Registered: 2007-06-30

Posts: 153

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Re: No internet connection after upgrade

1. Check what driver you need on http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers
2. sudo modprobe driver_name

BTW I noticed that hwdetect --modules missed my wireless drivers (iwlwifi) with the new kernel.

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originalsurfmex

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Registered: 2008-11-13

Posts: 150

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

i have the BCM4328 so its not supported in the included modules.  i still rely on broadcom-wl, with the new kernel update i am also getting

FATAL: Module wl not found

are there any options besides ndswrapper?

EDIT: The fallback kernel doesnt help me either. Seriously frustrating.

Last edited by originalsurfmex (2009-01-17 19:05:42)

originalsurfmex

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Registered: 2008-11-13

Posts: 150

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

fixed it!

i read up that ssb has been been conflicting with other modules, especially ndiswrapper, so i did a:

sudo rmmod ssb
sudo modprobe wl

and it all worked out...editing my rc.conf modules to

!ssb wl

fixed things.  back online!

EDIT: what do i lose by blacklisting ssb?

Last edited by originalsurfmex (2009-01-17 19:38:40)

flecha

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Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 26

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

fixed it!

i read up that ssb has been been conflicting with other modules, especially ndiswrapper, so i did a:

sudo rmmod ssb
sudo modprobe wl

and it all worked out...editing my rc.conf modules to

!ssb wl

fixed things.  back online!

EDIT: what do i lose by blacklisting ssb?

I tried it. But changed nothing for me...

originalsurfmex

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Registered: 2008-11-13

Posts: 150

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

bummer.  i still had to keep it blacklisted even after the broadcom-wl update today.

i have no other ideas, sorry. im running the BCM4328.  maybe you have a different card.

type lspci in console to find out.

flecha

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Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 26

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)

whaler

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From: Oslo, Norway

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 323

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

After upgrading to kernel26-2.6.28.1-1 I still cannot connect to my DSL modem (DHCP) using the Default kernel. The Fallback kernel lets me connect normally. This is on an AMD Athlon 64 box with a Marvell ethernet card (module: sky2).

Regarding kernel modules, I notice some strange error messages. This is the end of /var/log/messages.log for the Default kernel:

Jan 21 04:39:52 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF9:bd12/05/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-K8NXP-9:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:LNXSYSTM:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v000010DEd00000050sv00001458sd00000C11bc06sc01i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v000010DEd0000005Esv00001458sd00005000bc05sc80i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C01:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0000:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0100:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0200:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0303:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0510:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0501:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0700:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0B00:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C02:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0800:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C02:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C02:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C04:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0F13:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:53 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v000010DEd0000005Csv00000000sd00000000bc06sc04i01' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:54 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v00001002d00003E70sv0000174Bsd00000451bc03sc80i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:54 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v00001022d00001100sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:54 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v00001022d00001101sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:54 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v00001022d00001102sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:54 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'platform:parport_pc' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:54 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'platform:parport_pc' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:54 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'platform:parport_pc' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 04:39:56 Sulutvedt init: Entering runlevel: 5
Jan 21 04:40:31 Sulutvedt pci 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC3] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Jan 21 04:40:31 Sulutvedt [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
Jan 21 04:40:31 Sulutvedt [drm] Initialized radeon 1.29.0 20080528 on minor 0
Jan 21 04:40:32 Sulutvedt [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
Jan 21 04:40:32 Sulutvedt [drm] Loading R300 Microcode
Jan 21 04:40:32 Sulutvedt [drm] Num pipes: 1
Jan 21 04:40:32 Sulutvedt [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
Jan 21 04:40:33 Sulutvedt X:4626 conflicting memory types e0000000-f0000000 write-combining<->uncached-minus
Jan 21 04:40:33 Sulutvedt reserve_memtype failed 0xe0000000-0xf0000000, track write-combining, req write-combining
Jan 21 04:40:33 Sulutvedt X:4626 conflicting memory types e0000000-f0000000 write-combining<->uncached-minus
Jan 21 04:40:33 Sulutvedt reserve_memtype failed 0xe0000000-0xf0000000, track write-combining, req write-combining
Jan 21 04:40:33 Sulutvedt X:4644 freeing invalid memtype e0000000-f0000000
Jan 21 04:40:54 Sulutvedt X:4626 conflicting memory types e0000000-f0000000 write-combining<->uncached-minus
Jan 21 04:40:54 Sulutvedt reserve_memtype failed 0xe0000000-0xf0000000, track write-combining, req write-combining
Jan 21 04:40:54 Sulutvedt X:4755 freeing invalid memtype e0000000-f0000000

***

And this is the end of /var/log/messages.log for the Fallback kernel:

Jan 21 05:56:29 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF9:bd12/05/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-K8NXP-9:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:LNXSYSTM:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v000010DEd0000005Esv00001458sd00005000bc05sc80i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v000010DEd00000050sv00001458sd00000C11bc06sc01i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C01:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0000:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0100:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0303:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0200:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0501:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0510:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0800:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0700:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0B00:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C02:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C02:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C04:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0C02:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'acpi:PNP0F13:' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:30 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v000010DEd0000005Csv00000000sd00000000bc06sc04i01' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:31 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v00001022d00001100sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:31 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v00001002d00003E70sv0000174Bsd00000451bc03sc80i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:31 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v00001022d00001101sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:31 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'pci:v00001022d00001102sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:31 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'platform:vesafb' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:31 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'platform:parport_pc' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:31 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'platform:parport_pc' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:31 Sulutvedt load-modules.sh: 'platform:parport_pc' is not a valid module or alias name
Jan 21 05:56:33 Sulutvedt init: Entering runlevel: 5
Jan 21 05:56:39 Sulutvedt dhcpcd[4383]: eth0: acknowledged 10.0.0.2 from 10.0.0.138
Jan 21 05:56:39 Sulutvedt dhcpcd[4383]: eth0: leased 10.0.0.2 for 86400 seconds
Jan 21 05:56:43 Sulutvedt pci 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC3] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Jan 21 05:56:43 Sulutvedt [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
Jan 21 05:56:43 Sulutvedt [drm] Initialized radeon 1.29.0 20080528 on minor 0
Jan 21 05:56:44 Sulutvedt [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
Jan 21 05:56:44 Sulutvedt [drm] Loading R300 Microcode
Jan 21 05:56:44 Sulutvedt [drm] Num pipes: 1
Jan 21 05:56:44 Sulutvedt [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
Jan 21 05:57:53 Sulutvedt NET: Registered protocol family 10
Jan 21 05:57:53 Sulutvedt lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions

***

Apart from the strange listing of invalid kernel modules in both kernels, the Default kernel also shows memory allocation errors.

I would really like to get my Default kernel working. Can anyone throw some light these messages?

flecha

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Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 26

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

I updated to the last kernel yesterday. Now I don't get the wl error. But Wicd still doesn't work and I still need to conect manually.

michaelks

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Registered: 2009-01-26

Posts: 68

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

I had this problem too, after an upgrade, no connection. Running pppd it complained about a missing libpcap 9 something. And sure enough, there it was in pacman log ;
[2009-01-17 23:26] upgraded libpcap (0.9.8-2 -> 1.0.0-1)
So i made a symlink and i had pppoe back.

flecha

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Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 26

Re: No internet connection after upgrade

It is working for me now.
Following this thread helped me:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=482706

Looks like Wicd was crashing because the wl module was missing.