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virus336

Wired connection not working

Post by virus336 »

Hi there!
I have a problem with my internet connection. I do not know the exact technicalities, but it's a wired connection(on a college campus) where, in order to connect, I just need to plug the cable to my computer. It used to work 2 weeks ago, but since then I went on holiday and I configured a pppoe connection (with the pppoecof command) so as to connect to the internet at home. So I think I messed something up, but I don't know how to fix it.
I would really appreciate it if you could help me.
My configuration: Linux Mint 16 64 bit with KDE in dual boot with Windows 7.

P.S.: I considered posting this in "Networking", but I am either blind, or as a new member I am not allowed to post there.
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twinkel

Re: Wired connection not working

Post by twinkel »

I would start with

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sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
to find out what happens. Furthermore,

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ifconfig
will give you information about your network interfaces
Look what happens when you unplug and replug the network cable, maybe the info there gives a clue to what's going on. If necessary post the relevant info here.

You could also investigate what shows up when you right-click network manager / Edit connections. You need to find a wired connection there.
aanik

Re: Wired connection not working

Post by aanik »

Hello!
I use Linux Mint 16 Petra with KDE and have the same problem
Wired network is not work.

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kde-nm-connecti[2469]: segfault at 48 ip 00007ffd30742bb0 sp 00007fff8e204308 error 4 in libQtDBus.so.4.8.4[7ffd30714000+79000]
virus336

Re: Wired connection not working

Post by virus336 »

I still can't connect to the internet.

The result of the ifconfig command is the same, with or without the ethernet cable plugged in.

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virus336@virus336-Lenovo-G580:~ > ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr b8:88:e3:7f:53:a7  
          inet6 addr: fe80::ba88:e3ff:fe7f:53a7/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:91 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:16 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:1037 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1037 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:81904 (81.9 KB)  TX bytes:81904 (81.9 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr c0:14:3d:c7:5b:eb  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)



While sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog:

1) with the cable plugged in:

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 virus336@virus336-Lenovo-G580:~ > sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
[sudo] password for virus336: 
May  9 08:41:16 virus336-Lenovo-G580 NetworkManager[1033]: <info> Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889)
May  9 08:41:16 virus336-Lenovo-G580 NetworkManager[1033]: <info> Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889)
May  9 08:41:38 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntfs-3g[2343]: Version 2013.1.13AR.1 external FUSE 29
May  9 08:41:38 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntfs-3g[2343]: Mounted /dev/sda5 (Read-Write, label "", NTFS 3.1)
May  9 08:41:38 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntfs-3g[2343]: Cmdline options: rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177
May  9 08:41:38 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntfs-3g[2343]: Mount options: rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2,allow_other,nonempty,relatime,default_permissions,fsname=/dev/sda5,blkdev,blksize=4096
May  9 08:41:38 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntfs-3g[2343]: Global ownership and permissions enforced, configuration type 7
May  9 08:41:38 virus336-Lenovo-G580 udisksd[1872]: Mounted /dev/sda5 at /media/virus336/01CED743D3C84060 on behalf of uid 1000
May  9 08:42:00 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
May  9 08:42:00 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery
May  9 08:42:26 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
May  9 08:42:26 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
May  9 08:42:26 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
May  9 08:42:26 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
May  9 08:42:26 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: ntp.ubuntu.com
May  9 08:43:05 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
May  9 08:43:05 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery
May  9 08:44:10 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets                                                                      
May  9 08:44:10 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery                                                                    
May  9 08:44:35 virus336-Lenovo-G580 NetworkManager[1033]: <info> Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889)
May  9 08:44:35 virus336-Lenovo-G580 NetworkManager[1033]: <info> Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889)
2) without the cable plugged in:

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virus336@virus336-Lenovo-G580:~ > sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
May  9 08:45:12 virus336-Lenovo-G580 kernel: [  383.046129] alx 0000:02:00.0 eth0: Link Down
May  9 08:45:15 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
May  9 08:45:15 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery
May  9 08:46:20 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
May  9 08:46:20 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery
May  9 08:46:28 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
May  9 08:46:28 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
May  9 08:46:28 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
May  9 08:46:28 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
May  9 08:46:28 virus336-Lenovo-G580 ntpd_intres[1606]: host name not found: ntp.ubuntu.com
May  9 08:47:26 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
May  9 08:47:26 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery
May  9 08:47:44 virus336-Lenovo-G580 anacron[2677]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2014-05-09
May  9 08:47:44 virus336-Lenovo-G580 anacron[2677]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min.
May  9 08:47:44 virus336-Lenovo-G580 anacron[2677]: Will run job `cron.weekly' in 10 min.
May  9 08:47:44 virus336-Lenovo-G580 anacron[2677]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
May  9 08:48:31 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
May  9 08:48:31 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery
May  9 08:49:36 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
May  9 08:49:36 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery
May  9 08:49:36 virus336-Lenovo-G580 pppd[868]: Exit.
May  9 08:52:44 virus336-Lenovo-G580 anacron[2677]: Job `cron.daily' started
May  9 08:52:44 virus336-Lenovo-G580 anacron[2915]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2014-05-09
May  9 08:52:46 virus336-Lenovo-G580 cracklib: no dictionary update necessary.



I tried to find a solution at the link specified by this line of output: "Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889", but I wasn't able to. I also tried sudo service network-manager restart.

I also attached a print screen with my network manager, which always says connected, even if the cable is plugged in or not.
aanik

Re: Wired connection not working

Post by aanik »

I also wanted to set up ppoe and received this bug in Network Manager. I had to delete as root all the files in the directory /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ in addition to wired
virus336

Re: Wired connection not working

Post by virus336 »

@aanik
I did as you suggested, I deleted the files from /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ , made a new wired connection, but the problem is still not solved.
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Re: Wired connection not working

Post by buteman »

I don't know if you have solved this yet but the result of ifconfig shows it isn't connected as it has not been given an IP4 address.
One possibility is that it is a faulty ethernet cable or wall socket. Can you try a different cable or socket?
virus336

Re: Wired connection not working

Post by virus336 »

I din not solve this.
I tried with a different cable, the result being the same. My network card has 2 small led lights which flash when the cable is connected. Those two lights flash, so I think what I'm dealing with is a software problem/bug.
virus336

Re: Wired connection not working

Post by virus336 »

I kind of solved the problem.
I uninstalled Linux Mint and installed Ubuntu 13.10 in its place and now my internet connection works just fine.
Thank you, all, for your suggestions.
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