kvm / vmware lose eth0 device after udpate

[Patrick Wright]

Binary package hint: network-manager

After updating Natty today I lost my network devices. (KVM)

- no entries in 70-persistent-net.rules
- eth0 device has been removed

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: network-manager 0.8.3+git.20110210t152733.00327fb-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Thu Feb 24 17:37:07 2011
Gconf:

IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110208)
IpRoute:

IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:

SourcePackage: network-manager

[Patrick Wright (patrickmwright)]

Log courtesy of nagappan

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Thu Feb 24 15:43:42 2011
Dependencies:
 adduser 3.112+nmu1ubuntu4
 base-passwd 3.5.22
 busybox-initramfs 1:1.17.1-10ubuntu1
 coreutils 8.5-1ubuntu6
 cpio 2.11-7ubuntu1
 dbus 1.4.6-1ubuntu2
 debconf 1.5.36ubuntu4
 debconf-i18n 1.5.36ubuntu4
 debianutils 3.4.3ubuntu1
 dpkg 1.15.8.10ubuntu1
 findutils 4.4.2-1ubuntu3
 gcc-4.5-base 4.5.2-3ubuntu3
 ifupdown 0.6.10ubuntu4
 initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu2
 initramfs-tools-bin 0.98.8ubuntu2
 initscripts 2.87dsf-4ubuntu19
 insserv 1.14.0-2
 iproute 20100519-3
 iputils-arping 3:20100418-3ubuntu1
 klibc-utils 1.5.20-1ubuntu2
 libacl1 2.2.49-4
 libattr1 1:2.4.44-2
 libblkid1 2.17.2-9.1ubuntu2
 libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-6ubuntu1
 libc-bin 2.13-0ubuntu2
 libc6 2.13-0ubuntu2
 libdb4.8 4.8.30-5
 libdbus-1-3 1.4.6-1ubuntu2
 libdbus-glib-1-2 0.92-0ubuntu1
 libdrm-intel1 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
 libdrm-nouveau1a 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
 libdrm-radeon1 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
 libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
 libexpat1 2.0.1-7ubuntu1
 libgcc1 1:4.5.2-3ubuntu3
 libglib2.0-0 2.28.1-1ubuntu1
 libgudev-1.0-0 1:166-0ubuntu2
 libklibc 1.5.20-1ubuntu2
 liblocale-gettext-perl 1.05-6
 liblzma2 5.0.0-2
 libncurses5 5.7+20101128-1
 libncursesw5 5.7+20101128-1
 libnih-dbus1 1.0.3-1ubuntu1
 libnih1 1.0.3-1ubuntu1
 libnl1 1.1-6
 libnm-glib2 0.8.3+git.20110210t152733.00327fb-0ubuntu2
 libnm-util1 0.8.3+git.20110210t152733.00327fb-0ubuntu2
 libnspr4 4.8.7-0ubuntu1
 libnss3 3.12.9~b2-0ubuntu1
 libpam-modules 1.1.2-2ubuntu3
 libpam0g 1.1.2-2ubuntu3
 libpcre3 8.12-3
 libpcsclite1 1.5.5-4ubuntu1
 libplymouth2 0.8.2-2ubuntu17
 libpng12-0 1.2.44-1ubuntu1
 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.100-1
 libreadline6 6.2-0ubuntu1
 libselinux1 2.0.96-1build1
 libsepol1 2.0.41-1
 libslang2 2.2.2-4ubuntu2
 libsqlite3-0 3.7.4-2ubuntu2
 libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-5ubuntu1
 libsysfs2 2.1.0+repack-1
 libtext-charwidth-perl 0.04-6
 libtext-iconv-perl 1.7-2
 libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-7
 libudev0 166-0ubuntu2
 libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-17
 libuuid1 2.17.2-9.1ubuntu2
 lsb-base 4.0-0ubuntu9
 makedev 2.3.1-89ubuntu1
 module-init-tools 3.12-1ubuntu3
 mount 2.17.2-9.1ubuntu2
 mountall 2.22
 ncurses-bin 5.7+20101128-1
 net-tools 1.60-23ubuntu3
 passwd 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-3ubuntu1
 perl-base 5.10.1-17ubuntu3
 plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu17
 procps 1:3.2.8-10ubuntu1
 readline-common 6.2-0ubuntu1
 sed 4.2.1-8
 sensible-utils 0.0.6ubuntu2
 sysv-rc 2.87dsf-4ubuntu19
 sysvinit-utils 2.87dsf-4ubuntu19
 tzdata 2011b-2
 udev 166-0ubuntu2
 upstart 0.6.7-7
 util-linux 2.17.2-9.1ubuntu2
 wpasupplicant 0.7.3-0ubuntu1
 xz-utils 5.0.0-2
 zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3ubuntu1
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Gconf:
 /system/networking/connections:
   /system/networking/connections/1:
    /system/networking/connections/1/connection:
     id = Auto eth0
     uuid = b7834a4e-2903-474d-9275-731845384a4a
     name = connection
     type = 802-3-ethernet
    /system/networking/connections/1/ipv4:
     addresses = []
     dns = []
     method = auto
     routes = []
     name = ipv4
    /system/networking/connections/1/802-3-ethernet:
     duplex = full
     mac-address = 00:0C:29:D0:67:02
     name = 802-3-ethernet
    /system/networking/connection...

[kenta (kennet)]

anyone got a workaround for this? lost eth0 on both my test machines.

[Nagappan Alagappan (nagappan)]

This [1] solved network issue on VMware Workstation

[1] - https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isc-dhcp/+bug/724556

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

This was an issue with isc-dhcp which caused dhcp to fail to be used by NM (thus connections can't be established except by using a static IP). I'll mark this as a duplicate of bug 724556.

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Marking as a duplicate of bug 724556