eth0<->dhcp = does not work

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#1

Hi all,

I have brand new installation of suse11.0 and can not connect to the internet. I followed these posts: DHCP client is already running on eth0 - Page 4 - openSUSE Forums and “dhcp Client Is Already Running On Eth0” - openSUSE Forums](http://forums.opensuse.org/archives/sls-archives/archives-suse-linux/archives-network-security/371307-dhcp-client-already-running-eth0.html) but no luck. When

ifup eth0

I get

eth0   device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev ff)
Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth0.....................no IP address yet... backgrounding.

but sometimes I get

DHCP client is already running

. That’s small image from my suse:

vosus:~ # ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:70:9E:28:4E
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:4294967157 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:33 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:218

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:2708 (2.6 Kb)  TX bytes:2708 (2.6 Kb)

vosus:~ # dmesg | grep eth0
eth0: RTL8168c/8111c at 0xf8e30000, 00:21:70:9e:28:4e, XID 3c4000c0 IRQ 218
r8169: eth0: link up
r8169: eth0: link up
vosus:~ # sudo ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports:  TP ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Full
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Full
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 1000Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: Twisted Pair
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Supports Wake-on: pumbg
        Wake-on: pumbg
        Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
        Link detected: yes
vosus:~ # dhcpcd-test eth0
info, eth0: hardware address = 00:21:70:9e:28:4e
info, eth0: broadcasting for a lease
debug, eth0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x4e2eb73d
debug, eth0: waiting for 10 seconds
debug, eth0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x4e2eb73d
debug, eth0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x4e2eb73d
debug, eth0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x4e2eb73d
err, eth0: timed out
info, eth0: exiting
vosus:~ #

Oh, my knetworkmanager is crushing so I don’t think that there’s any point of using it (I disabled IPv6 - looks that this one still works).
I appreciate any help!

#2

Have you checked in Yast - Network Devices - Network Settings

select your device, edit
should be ifup not network managed

#3

Yes ‘ifup’ is set in network manager for my dev.

#4

SLOVED rotfl!

had to blacklisted module r8169 and load r8168

#5

Hi,
I’ve been using Linux for 5 Month now. Recently I got a new Notebook and I installed openSUSE11 (before, on my PC I have been using Mandriva).
When I booted openSUSE from LiveCD I had an internet-connection, but once installed, there seems to be a problem with den network card (Realtek RTL8101E PCI…).
My current driver is the same one as yours: r8169

Now my question as an absolute non-expert: Where do I get the r8168-driver from and how to install??? (I hope this will help me)

thanks for help

#6

SOLVED!!!lol! (but without doing anything)
I just booted the LiveCD again (today), then restart and now it works (I hope this keeps so)