I have at last been able to upgrade to 156 but in getting there my Network Manager configuration had been totally munged and I had to clean out all the configuration files and start over.
I now have a working internet network connection and have two nics enabled. I have followed the instructions I had from Malcolm last year on using nmtui to set up a bridge using my second nic connection for use on VM
Sadly I am not getting any internet connection on the VM. This is what I have on my machine:-
alastair@localhost:~> ip a
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
inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 34:40:b5:93:38:d0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname eno1
altname enp11s0f0
inet 192.168.169.134/25 brd 192.168.169.255 scope global noprefixroute eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::e21c:90e1:6936:149a/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 34:40:b5:93:38:d1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname eno2
altname enp11s0f1
inet 192.168.169.205/25 brd 192.168.169.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth1
valid_lft 76244sec preferred_lft 76244sec
inet6 fe80::ee77:65fe:88f0:fae1/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: usb0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master br0 state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 36:40:b5:93:38:d5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname enp0s26f1u2
5: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 36:40:b5:93:38:d5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 169.254.95.120/24 brd 169.254.95.255 scope link dynamic noprefixroute br0
valid_lft 998sec preferred_lft 998sec
inet6 fe80::d900:e6dd:7f78:544f/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
alastair@localhost:~>
and here are my NM connections:-
alastair@localhost:~> nmcli
eth0: connected to MainEthernet
"Broadcom and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5716"
ethernet (bnx2), 34:40:B5:93:38:D0, hw, mtu 1500
ip4 default
inet4 192.168.169.134/25
route4 192.168.169.128/25 metric 100
route4 192.168.169.128/25 via 192.168.169.129 metric 100
route4 default via 192.168.169.129 metric 100
inet6 fe80::e21c:90e1:6936:149a/64
route6 fe80::/64 metric 1024
br0: connected to Bridge connection 1
"br0"
bridge, 36:40:B5:93:38:D5, sw, mtu 1500
inet4 169.254.95.120/24
route4 169.254.95.0/24 metric 425
inet6 fe80::d900:e6dd:7f78:544f/64
route6 fe80::/64 metric 1024
eth1: connected to WiredSecondConnection
"Broadcom and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5716"
ethernet (bnx2), 34:40:B5:93:38:D1, hw, mtu 1500
inet4 192.168.169.205/25
route4 192.168.169.128/25 metric 101
route4 default via 192.168.169.129 metric 101
inet6 fe80::ee77:65fe:88f0:fae1/64
route6 fe80::/64 metric 1024
lo: connected (externally) to lo
"lo"
loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536
inet4 127.0.0.1/8
inet6 ::1/128
vnet0: connected (externally) to vnet0
"vnet0"
tun, FE:54:00:00:4F:F5, sw, mtu 1500
master br0
inet6 fe80::fc54:ff:fe00:4ff5/64
route6 fe80::/64 metric 256
usb0: connected to Ethernet connection 1
"IBM RNDIS/CDC ETHER"
ethernet (cdc_ether), 36:40:B5:93:38:D5, hw, mtu 1500
master br0
DNS configuration:
servers: 192.168.169.129 192.168.1.1
interface: eth0
servers: 192.168.169.129 192.168.1.1
interface: eth1
Use "nmcli device show" to get complete information about known devices and
"nmcli connection show" to get an overview on active connection profiles.
Consult nmcli(1) and nmcli-examples(7) manual pages for complete usage details.
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Please can somebody please help me sort this out.