No ethernet after 10/14 Oct Stable updates - KDE Desktop

Technical Issues and Assistance Networking
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I've spent a couple of days trying to figure this out on my own and it is time to ask for help....

After the recent stable updates (10 and 14 Oct ...NOT the 28 Oct updates - too scared to try) on my KDE desktop and a reboot, I've lost my ethernet LAN connection. I get the red X over the network icon on the Panel.
I've tried stopping/starting NetworkManager, rebooting router, rebooted with various other kernels, deleting and recreating the wired connection in NetworkManager, and running "sudo ip link set enp1s6 up" and chrooting and making sure any updates were completed (but not since the 28 Oct updates came out).
On my extra partition running a "fresh" KDE Manjaro and the running Manjaro live the network is fine on both.
Some info is below... Thanks

inxi -Fxxz

System:    Host: tiger-manjaro Kernel: 4.19.79-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.2.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.16.5 
           tk: Qt 5.13.1 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: F2A68HM-H v: x.x serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: FC date: 01/19/2016 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Steamroller rev: 1 
           L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 24767 
           Speed: 2777 MHz min/max: 1400/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2777 2: 2723 3: 2905 4: 2442 
Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kaveri [Radeon R7 Graphics] vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:01.0 chip ID: 1002:1313 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.5 driver: amdgpu FAILED: ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa 
           compositor: kwin_x11 resolution: 1440x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD KAVERI (DRM 3.27.0 4.19.79-1-MANJARO LLVM 9.0.0) v: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kaveri HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:01.1 chip ID: 1002:1308 
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:14.2 
           chip ID: 1022:780d 
           Device-3: Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 type: USB driver: Philips webcam,snd-usb-audio bus ID: 6-3:2 
           chip ID: 046d:08b2 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.79-1-MANJARO 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: e000 
           bus ID: 01:06.0 chip ID: 10ec:8139 
           IF: enp1s6 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.49 TiB used: 725.95 GiB (28.4%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: PNY model: USB 2.0 FD size: 15.24 GiB serial: <filter> 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: 240GB SSD size: 223.57 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Hitachi model: HDS721616PLA380 size: 153.39 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Hitachi model: HDP725032GLA360 size: 298.09 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           ID-5: /dev/sde vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM006-2DM164 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 68.09 GiB used: 45.10 GiB (66.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 17.57 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sde2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 21.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 12 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 233 Uptime: 28m Memory: 14.63 GiB used: 1.85 GiB (12.6%) Init: systemd v: 242 Compilers: gcc: 9.2.0 
           Shell: bash v: 5.0.11 running in: yakuake inxi: 3.0.36

sudo ip link show enp1s6

2: enp1s6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:14:d1:1a:fc:d6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

after sudo ip link set enp1s6 up
it will show as up but still red X over the network icon and no network connectivity (local or internet).

sudo ip link show enp1s6

2: enp1s6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:14:d1:1a:fc:d6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

cat /etc/default/grub | grep CMDLINE

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet ipv6.disable=1 resume=UUID=d07205b7-8bbb-4ed3-8922-ca0b61f9b71c"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.cik_support=1"

ip addr

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp1s6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:14:d1:1a:fc:d6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

journalctl -b|grep -E "Network|network"

Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager...
Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382250.9632] NetworkManager (version 1.20.4-1) is starting... (for the first time)
Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382250.9633] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf (lib: 20-connectivity.conf)
Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382250.9801] bus-manager: acquired D-Bus service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"
Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: Started Network Manager.
Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=NetworkManager comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: Reached target Network.
Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: Reached target Network is Online.
Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382250.9919] manager[0x55e8fb6420e0]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Oct 30 05:50:50 tiger-manjaro dbus-daemon[417]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.2' (uid=0 pid=422 comm="/usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ")
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro avahi-daemon[426]: Network interface enumeration completed.
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5192] hostname: hostname: using hostnamed
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5192] hostname: hostname changed from (none) to "tiger-manjaro"
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5195] dns-mgr[0x55e8fb5fd240]: init: dns=default,systemd-resolved rc-manager=symlink
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5476] Loaded device plugin: NMWwanFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.20.4-1/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5516] Loaded device plugin: NMOvsFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.20.4-1/libnm-device-plugin-ovs.so)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5778] Loaded device plugin: NMTeamFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.20.4-1/libnm-device-plugin-team.so)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5864] Loaded device plugin: NMBluezManager (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.20.4-1/libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5916] Loaded device plugin: NMWifiFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.20.4-1/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5960] Loaded device plugin: NMAtmManager (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.20.4-1/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5964] manager: rfkill: Wi-Fi enabled by radio killswitch; disabled by state file
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5966] manager: rfkill: WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5966] manager: Networking is disabled by state file
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5981] dhcp-init: Using DHCP client 'internal'
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro dbus-daemon[417]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.2' (uid=0 pid=422 comm="/usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ")
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6062] settings: Loaded settings plugin: keyfile (internal)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6156] device (lo): carrier: link connected
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6160] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6170] manager: (enp1s6): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6285] ovsdb: Could not connect: No such file or directory
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6303] manager: startup complete
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6311] modem-manager: ModemManager available
Oct 30 05:50:53 tiger-manjaro systemd[538]: Listening on GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Oct 30 05:51:02 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
Oct 30 05:51:02 tiger-manjaro audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 30 05:51:02 tiger-manjaro kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1572382262.016:38): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 30 05:51:14 tiger-manjaro systemd[568]: Listening on GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Oct 30 05:51:16 tiger-manjaro ksmserver[676]: Qt: Session management error: networkIdsList argument is NULL
Oct 30 05:51:17 tiger-manjaro plasmashell[699]: invalid metadata "/usr/lib/qt/plugins/kcm_networkmanagement.so"
Oct 30 05:51:17 tiger-manjaro plasmashell[699]: invalid metadata "/usr/lib/qt/plugins/libplasmanetworkmanagement_openconnectui.so"
Oct 30 05:51:20 tiger-manjaro kdeconnectd[715]: kdeconnect.core: Sending onNetworkChange to  1  LinkProviders
Oct 30 05:51:20 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382280.3709] manager: NetworkManager state is now ASLEEP
Oct 30 05:51:21 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382281.1232] agent-manager: req[0x55e8fb6bc1b0, :1.55/org.kde.plasma.networkmanagement/1000]: agent registered
Oct 30 05:51:21 tiger-manjaro dbus-daemon[417]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.2' (uid=0 pid=422 comm="/usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ")
Oct 30 05:51:21 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Oct 30 05:51:21 tiger-manjaro kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1572382281.260:46): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 30 05:51:21 tiger-manjaro audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 30 05:51:21 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Oct 30 05:51:22 tiger-manjaro kdeinit5[1109]: Qt: Session management error: networkIdsList argument is NULL
Oct 30 05:51:23 tiger-manjaro kdeinit5[1154]: Qt: Session management error: networkIdsList argument is NULL
Oct 30 05:51:24 tiger-manjaro systemd[538]: Closed GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Oct 30 05:51:32 tiger-manjaro systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
Oct 30 05:51:32 tiger-manjaro kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1572382292.023:52): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 30 05:51:32 tiger-manjaro audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'

sudo systemctl status NetworkManager

    â—Ź NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
  Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d
           └─NetworkManager-ovs.conf
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-10-30 05:50:50 JST; 10min ago
     Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
 Main PID: 422 (NetworkManager)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 14.0M
   CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
           └─422 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.5981] dhcp-init: Using DHCP client 'internal'
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6062] settings: Loaded settings plugin: keyfile (internal)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6156] device (lo): carrier: link connected
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6160] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6170] manager: (enp1s6): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6285] ovsdb: Could not connect: No such file or directory
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6303] manager: startup complete
Oct 30 05:50:51 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382251.6311] modem-manager: ModemManager available
Oct 30 05:51:20 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382280.3709] manager: NetworkManager state is now ASLEEP
Oct 30 05:51:21 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[422]: <info>  [1572382281.1232] agent-manager: req[0x55e8fb6bc1b0, :1.55/org.kde.plasma.networkmanagement/1000]: agent registered
#2

Can you also post the output of ethtool enp1s6, ip addr and look into journalctl -b if you find any clue about what is (not) happening?

#3

ethtool is not installed but I added some other output into my original post... thanks!

#4

This line of your systemctl status output

suggests that Networkmanager is expecting to connect to an Open vSwitch (?) but can't find it running. Does that make sense to you?

Maybe of help:

I also see that you disable IPv6 in grub. Make sure that you have an active IPv4 DHCP server in your network and verify in NetworkManager that IPv6 is set to "Ignored" and IPv4 to "Automatic".

#5

..suggests that Networkmanager is expecting to connect to an [Open vSwitch] (?) but can't find it running. Does that make sense to you?

No idea about what openvswitch is or why I would have it. I checked pamac and it is not installed.

Make sure that you have an active IPv4 DHCP server in your network and verify in NetworkManager that IPv6 is set to "Ignored" and IPv4 to "Automatic".

Yes it is.

On my "fresh" KDE Manjaro running from another partition: that "ovsdb: Could not connect.." error does not show up. and I also have the IPv6 disabled in GRUB.

Both manjaro installations have same thing:
cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d/NetworkManager-ovs.conf

[Unit]
After=openvswitch.service

While investigating more on my production manjaro (with no network) the systemctl status NetworkManager had some additional/different lines at the bottom:


â—Ź NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
  Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d
           └─NetworkManager-ovs.conf
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-10-30 20:10:19 JST; 9min ago
     Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
 Main PID: 359 (NetworkManager)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 15.7M
   CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
           └─359 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Oct 30 20:10:20 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <info>  [1572433820.7787] device (lo): carrier: link connected
Oct 30 20:10:20 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <info>  [1572433820.7789] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
Oct 30 20:10:20 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <info>  [1572433820.7797] manager: (enp1s6): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Oct 30 20:10:20 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <info>  [1572433820.7837] ovsdb: Could not connect: No such file or directory
Oct 30 20:10:20 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <info>  [1572433820.7857] manager: startup complete
Oct 30 20:10:20 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <info>  [1572433820.7870] modem-manager: ModemManager available
Oct 30 20:10:33 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <info>  [1572433833.8882] manager: NetworkManager state is now ASLEEP
Oct 30 20:11:22 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <info>  [1572433882.0915] agent-manager: req[0x5567cbea31f0, :1.54/org.kde.plasma.networkmanagement/1000]: agent registered
Oct 30 20:15:41 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <error> [1572434141.1824] audit: failed to open auditd socket: Protocol not supported
Oct 30 20:15:41 tiger-manjaro NetworkManager[359]: <info>  [1572434141.1860] audit: op="connection-update" uuid="6ce20fb5-c236-4cb2-9fed-4865a25f6c1f" name="New 802-3-ethernet connection" args="ipv6.method" pid=2930 uid=1000 result="success"

Cheers!

#6

Try this:

sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager

sudo mv /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state  /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager_state.bak

sudo systemctl start NetworkManager

If restarting network manager does not fix things, try rebooting your computer.

I would also recommend doing a full manual restart of all your network components if the above does not work.

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#7

Thank you! this worked :

sudo cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true

sudo cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager_state.bak

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=false
WirelessEnabled=false
WWANEnabled=true

Any guess as to what happened? I can't think of anything I did to cause the issue...

Cheers and Thanks again.

#8

I have no idea what causes it. It was a very old bug in network manager that was not supposed to be a thing anymore. It pops up about once every six months or so on the forum. It is far from a common occurance.

Glad that fixed you up.

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