Network-Manager broken in Mythbuntu 8.10rc Alternate amd64

[mike]

After clean install of mythbuntu 8.10rc alternate amd64, I have connectivity with my local network but can't connect to the web. Cabling and router check out fine on my other systems. Go the uninstall network-manager with apt-get install remove network-manager and all related packages are removed. Go to reinstall network-manager with apt-get install network-manager and get this -

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package network-manager is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package network-manager has no installation candidate

Go to synaptic package manager to install and get this -

network-manager:

Package network-manager has no available version, but exists in the database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of sources.list

I don't know if this is why I'm not getting on the internet but everything seems to be setup correctly
ifconfig-
mike@ME01server:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:41:1b:5b:45
          inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:41ff:fe1b:5b45/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:950 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:581 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1158
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:222569 (222.5 KB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:18 Base address:0xac00

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:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:600 (600.0 B) TX bytes:600 (600.0 B)

lspci -
mike@ME01server:~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a3)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
00:05.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:05.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:05.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2)
00:06.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:08.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a3)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] (rev a1)

The motherboard does have an onboard nVidia 1gig nic but I am not using it because of the issues associated with 1gig nics.

I have installed/uninstalled this .iso several times with the same results.

If more info is needed I will be happy to supply it.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Can you please run:

apt-cache policy network-manager?

Also, i'm assuming you've done an apt-get update already?

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:32, mike <email address hidden> wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> After clean install of mythbuntu 8.10rc alternate amd64, I have
> connectivity with my local network but can't connect to the web.
> Cabling and router check out fine on my other systems. Go the uninstall
> network-manager with apt-get install remove network-manager and all
> related packages are removed. Go to reinstall network-manager with apt-
> get install network-manager and get this -
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package network-manager is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package network-manager has no installation candidate
>
> Go to synaptic package manager to install and get this -
>
> network-manager:
>
> Package network-manager has no available version, but exists in the
> database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of
> sources.list
>
> I don't know if this is why I'm not getting on the internet but everything
> seems to be setup correctly
> ifconfig-
> mike@ME01server:~$ ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:41:1b:5b:45
> inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::20c:41ff:fe1b:5b45/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:950 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:581 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1158
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:222569 (222.5 KB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
> Interrupt:18 Base address:0xac00
>
> 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:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:600 (600.0 B) TX bytes:600 (600.0 B)
>
> lspci -
> mike@ME01server:~$ lspci
> 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
> 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a3)
> 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
> 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
> 00:04.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
> 00:05.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
> 00:05.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
> 00:05.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
> 00:06.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2)
> 00:06.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev
> a2)
>...

[mike (msezell)]

I haven't ran apt-get update since I can't get to the internet. I was trying to reinstall network-manager from the .iso when I ran into this problem.

Here is the output from apt-cache policy network-manager -

mike@ME01server:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
     0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Anything else you need let me know.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

That's quite an interesting scenario then. Can you grab the latest
daily image? These daily images should have an updated apt cache, so
hopefully this problem isn't occurring there.

On 10/28/2008, mike <email address hidden> wrote:
> I haven't ran apt-get update since I can't get to the internet. I was
> trying to reinstall network-manager from the .iso when I ran into this
> problem.
>
> Here is the output from apt-cache policy network-manager -
>
> mike@ME01server:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager
> network-manager:
> Installed: (none)
> Candidate: (none)
> Version table:
> 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> Anything else you need let me know.
>
> --
> Network-Manager broken in Mythbuntu 8.10rc Alternate amd64
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290356
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu
> Bug Team, which is subscribed to Mythbuntu.
>
> Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: New
>
> Bug description:
> After clean install of mythbuntu 8.10rc alternate amd64, I have connectivity
> with my local network but can't connect to the web. Cabling and router
> check out fine on my other systems. Go the uninstall network-manager with
> apt-get install remove network-manager and all related packages are removed.
> Go to reinstall network-manager with apt-get install network-manager and
> get this -
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package network-manager is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package network-manager has no installation candidate
>
> Go to synaptic package manager to install and get this -
>
> network-manager:
>
> Package network-manager has no available version, but exists in the
> database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of
> sources.list
>
> I don't know if this is why I'm not getting on the internet but everything
> seems to be setup correctly
> ifconfig-
> mike@ME01server:~$ ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:41:1b:5b:45
> inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::20c:41ff:fe1b:5b45/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:950 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:581 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1158
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:222569 (222.5 KB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
> Interrupt:18 Base address:0xac00
>
> 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:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:600 (600.0 B) TX bytes:600...

[mike (msezell)]

 /Pulled the daily build from 10/28/2008 and loaded it this morning. Ran two installs. First with a dynamic IP address and the second with a static IP. Dynamic IP installed as expected, with network-manager running properly. With the static IP install, network-manager did not run on start-up but connectivity to local network and the internet was established. Went to do a apt-get update but could not connect to Intrepid repositories. I'm assuming that they are not accessible do to Intrepid release tomorrow. Was able to access the repositories earlier this morning. It's now afternoon eastern standard USA. I'm not concerned about the network-manager not running because I usually uninstall it anyway, but seems odd that it's not working with static setup. If I can do anything further let me know

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

How did you configure the static IP? Directly in NM or manually via
/etc/network/interfaces?

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 13:48, mike <email address hidden> wrote:

> /Pulled the daily build from 10/28/2008 and loaded it this morning.
> Ran two installs. First with a dynamic IP address and the second with a
> static IP. Dynamic IP installed as expected, with network-manager
> running properly. With the static IP install, network-manager did not
> run on start-up but connectivity to local network and the internet was
> established. Went to do a apt-get update but could not connect to
> Intrepid repositories. I'm assuming that they are not accessible do to
> Intrepid release tomorrow. Was able to access the repositories earlier
> this morning. It's now afternoon eastern standard USA. I'm not concerned
> about the network-manager not running because I usually uninstall it
> anyway, but seems odd that it's not working with static setup. If I can
> do anything further let me know
>
> --
> Network-Manager broken in Mythbuntu 8.10rc Alternate amd64
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290356
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu
> Bug Team, which is subscribed to Mythbuntu.
>
> Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: New
>
> Bug description:
> After clean install of mythbuntu 8.10rc alternate amd64, I have
> connectivity with my local network but can't connect to the web. Cabling
> and router check out fine on my other systems. Go the uninstall
> network-manager with apt-get install remove network-manager and all related
> packages are removed. Go to reinstall network-manager with apt-get install
> network-manager and get this -
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package network-manager is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package network-manager has no installation candidate
>
> Go to synaptic package manager to install and get this -
>
> network-manager:
>
> Package network-manager has no available version, but exists in the
> database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of
> sources.list
>
> I don't know if this is why I'm not getting on the internet but everything
> seems to be setup correctly
> ifconfig-
> mike@ME01server:~$ ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:41:1b:5b:45
> inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::20c:41ff:fe1b:5b45/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:950 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:581 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1158
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:222569 (222.5 KB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
> Interrupt:18 Base address:0xac00
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scop...

[mike (msezell)]

Sorry but I tried to answer this by replying to your email. Guess that don't work. Anyway, when I setup the static and dynamic IP's I was doing it during the install. Since the release of Mythbuntu 8.10, I have downloaded and been trying to install it but getting the same results. If I install with a static IP, NM applet does not appear but is installed. Cannot run it from command line as sudo and have no connectivity beyond my local network. If I let the installation get an IP from DHCP then everything works with NM, applet showing up in the tray and connectivity good for local and internet network. I'm continueing to setup myth for the momment so I leaving the server with the dynamic IP but will be trying to change to static once I need to connect my slave FE's to it. If I can do anything else let me know. I'm assuming that you are pretty busy about now with 8.10 being so fresh.

[mike (msezell)]

After some investigation I discovered that with the choices I make with the installation of the Mythbuntu 8.10 alternate AMD 64 release, particularly a static IP, the resolv.conf file is created with only a comment in it. Once I edit it with the nameservers I use everything works as it should. the network-manager applet still does not appear but that is not necessary for the configuration I need to achieve. This still seems to be an issue since the resolv,conf file is essential for network connectivity.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

OOTB NM is doing the right thing with desktop disks (and has a utility to configure static addresses). We're not supporting alternate disks for 9.04, so i'm closing up this bug.