Topic: sme7.3 brings ifcfg-eth0.4094 instead of eth0 &1-- bug 2731

[rrkelly]

Sme 7.3 refuses to see 2 cards it brings up a virtual interface with a cloned mac
http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2731
i need to kill remove ifcfg-eth0.4094 interface so that it will use eth0 and eth1
there is no way in the interactive startup to overide it. any suggestions would be welcome
for a work around.  I would not close this as a bug if anaconda picks this as a default


 

[rrkelly]

Ok this problem has showed up again on a different box. The two boxes are totally
different. one is a new amd 3500 the other is an old gateway pIII 933 MHZ. In both
cases i verified the  install media. The Admin/install script see's the ethernet interface cards and lets me configure as a  server/gateway (lspic is also correct)
but generates a bad network configuration script. with bond0 and eth0:4094.
instead of an internal(eth0)    and  external(eth1) configuration.
It does not seem to matter how i configure the external interface -- so what
causes it to even consider a bonded virtual interface?

This not the first time i have used Sme -- i have used e-smith from ver4 up to
the present 7.3 sme

[CharlieBrady]

Ok this problem has showed up again on a different box.

Please report all problems via the Bug Tracker (only). Thanks.

BTW, bug 2731 was a cosmetic issue only. If you have a malfunctioning server, then that's a different issue.

[mazkot]

what's the new bug report number for this?

I'm trying to setup a test srver with a gateway configuration. but instead of eth0 and eth1. I can see is bond0 and eth0.. using sme 7.3

[CharlieBrady]

what's the new bug report number for this?

There isn't one, please create one, and provide full details of what you have done and what you are seeing.

[rrkelly]

I don't know if this is worth chasing down. It was an absurd string of bad luck.  I had bought 5 cheap realtek nic's 8139's they
seem to work ok with debian boxes -- with sme7.1 7.2 and 7.3 they force the a virtual interface to the motherboard nic in the gateway/server mode.

lspci shows the card just fine.  The bad luck was  the other two nic's i had were  flaky --they semi-worked . If someone wants to chase this down i would be more than happy to send them one of the realtek cards. It is very repeatable  -- it did it across 3 different box's
p3 p4 and amd.
rob