Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:52:41 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <doug@mail.sermon-archive.info> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: Non working NIC Message-ID: <EE5620EF-2AA9-4F66-9923-94DCCA7F354C@mail.sermon-archive.info> In-Reply-To: <21C5CB57-F898-48DB-B3C4-24D4D57DB5FF@mail.sermon-archive.info> References: <224DCDD3-162F-4E67-8C1D-9332C85FC032@mail.sermon-archive.info> <C5192B10-AD4E-4966-88EA-486AE1DA9116@mail.sermon-archive.info> <6A68E1F3-95CC-42AE-94B4-02B153E4E83F@mail.sermon-archive.info> <20160818010513.0c95f8df.freebsd@edvax.de> <F582ED5D-5BB4-4FE6-B4FA-32BB2F9EBFC8@mail.sermon-archive.info> <20160818015848.d9fd126e.freebsd@edvax.de> <174B1185-C1FF-4699-81B6-861E97A30181@mail.sermon-archive.info> <21C5CB57-F898-48DB-B3C4-24D4D57DB5FF@mail.sermon-archive.info>
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> On 17 August 2016, at 18:22, Doug Hardie <doug@sermon-archive.info> =
wrote:
>=20
>>=20
>> On 17 August 2016, at 18:17, Doug Hardie <doug@sermon-archive.info> =
wrote:
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>>> On 17 August 2016, at 16:58, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
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>>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:32:20 -0700, Doug Hardie wrote:
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>>>>> On 17 August 2016, at 16:05, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
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>>>>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:56:15 -0700, Doug Hardie wrote:
>>>>>> Added a new NIC (rl0). Removed any reference to msk0 in rc.conf.=20=
>>>>>> Set rl0 for DHCP. Same result, but some additional messages:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Starting Network: mske0
>>>>>> Starting Network: rl0
>>>>>> rl0: link state changed to up
>>>>>> Starting Network: lo0
>>>>>> Starting dhclient
>>>>>> rl0: not found
>>>>>> exiting
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> I am out of ideas here. How can I figure out what is going on =
and correct it?
>>>>>=20
>>>>> This almost looks like a problem with the contents of rc.conf.
>>>>> Can you show all the relevant lines?
>>>>=20
>>>> I switched to a minimal rc.conf:
>>>>=20
>>>> fsck_y_enable=3D"YES"
>>>> background_fsck=3D"NO"
>>>> dumpdev=3D"NO"
>>>> hostname=3D"steve"
>>>> ifconfig_rl0=3D"DHCP"
>>>> sshd_enable=3D"YES"
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>> Same results.
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>>> No errors in this file. However it's interesting that (if I remember
>>> the thread so far) you reported the disappearing of a network =
interface
>>> with two different devices... however, there's something strange =
about
>>> the message: when I try to run dhclient for a network interface that
>>> does not exist on my system, I get this:
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>>> # dhclient fxp0
>>> ifconfig: interface fxp0 does not exist
>>> fxp0: not found
>>> exiting.
>>>=20
>>> Note the ifconfig-related line. And if you run "ifconfig -a" and the
>>> interface _is_ listed, this makes the whole thing even more =
strange...
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>> I created the following code:
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>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <sys/types.h>
>> #include <sys/socket.h>
>> #include <ifaddrs.h>
>>=20
>> int main (int argc, char *argv[])
>> {
>> int rc;
>> struct ifaddrs *ifi;
>>=20
>> rc =3D getifaddrs (&ifi);
>> printf ("rc =3D %d\n", rc);
>> }
>>=20
>>=20
>> Compiled it with debugging and ran it. after the getifaddrs call (it =
returned 0), there were 3 entries in the table. All 3 have the name of =
"".=20
>>=20
>> I commented out the networking calls in rc.conf, rebooted the machine =
and then ran the code. Same result. I rebooted in single user mode and =
ran the code and the same results. The boot process is not setting the =
interface names properly. Whats even more fascinating about this is I =
have upgraded other machines (although they are newer) from 9.3 to =
11.0-RC1 and they worked just fine.
>=20
> I just noticed, all the systems that upgraded and worked properly are =
amd64. This one is i386.
I just tried mfsBSD 10.0 on a memstick and the network cards both are =
enabled and at least rl0 works. I didn't test mske0. So this must be =
an issue with RC1. I would like to try RC2 to see if thats fixed. =
However, I don't see a way to upgrade without a working network. This =
is a backup machine that backs up numerous others so the data on there =
is huge and is not easily replaced. I don't have another drive large =
enough to hold it. mfsBSD is not available yet for 11, but I am not =
sure that would be helpful. bsdinstall will wipe out the drive. So, =
any ideas how to do the upgrade? I am out of ideas at the moment.
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