Package: network-manager Version: 0.8.2-3 Severity: important Since upgrading network-manager from 0.8.1-6 to 0.8.2-3, I am not sure about the previous experimental version 0.8.2-1 or what is was, I get quite frequent crashes when Network Manager tries to connect via DHCP and one also via DSL.
In syslog I get - this time a failed DHCP attempt, my Debian Lenny based DSL router ASUS WL-500g Premium takes some time to boot from USB stick: Dec 23 10:06:54 shambhala dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 [...] Dec 23 10:07:10 shambhala dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 Dec 23 10:07:18 shambhala dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 Dec 23 10:07:30 shambhala dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 Dec 23 10:07:31 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <warn> (eth0): DHCPv4 request timed out. Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> (eth0): canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP client pid 25024 Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) sche duled... Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) star ted... Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) schedu led... Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) comp lete. Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) starte d... Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) failed (no IP configuration found) Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> (eth0): device state change: 7 -> 9 (reason 5) Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Marking connection 'Auto eth0' invalid. Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <warn> Activation (eth0) failed. Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) comple te. Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> (eth0): device state change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0) Dec 23 10:07:32 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 0). Dec 23 10:07:35 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) starting connection 'M-Net' Dec 23 10:07:35 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> (eth0): device state change: 3 -> 4 (reason 0) Dec 23 10:07:35 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled.. . Dec 23 10:07:35 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Dec 23 10:07:36 shambhala NetworkManager[25690]: <warn> caught signal 6. Generating backtrace... Dec 23 10:07:36 shambhala NetworkManager: ******************* START ********************************** Dec 23 10:07:37 shambhala NetworkManager: [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Dec 23 10:07:37 shambhala NetworkManager: [New Thread 0xb7082b70 (LWP 25701)] Dec 23 10:07:38 shambhala NetworkManager: 0xb77ed424 in __kernel_vsyscall () Dec 23 10:07:38 shambhala NetworkManager: ******************* END ********************************** The crash was after waking up network-manager via # Network Manager aufwecken dbus-send --print-reply --system \ --dest=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager \ /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager \ org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wake in my hibernate-extra script. I use hibernate with in kernel suspend-to-disk as I am not convinced that pm-tools are stable and robust enough. I also get it on regular shutdowns of Network Manager: Dec 21 22:09:44 shambhala NetworkManager[26476]: <info> caught signal 15, shutting down normally. Dec 21 22:09:44 shambhala NetworkManager[26476]: <warn> caught signal 6. Generating backtrace... Dec 21 22:09:44 shambhala NetworkManager: ******************* START ********************************** Dec 21 22:09:46 shambhala NetworkManager: [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Dec 21 22:09:46 shambhala NetworkManager: [New Thread 0xb7094b70 (LWP 26484)] Dec 21 22:09:46 shambhala NetworkManager: 0xb7791424 in __kernel_vsyscall () Dec 21 22:09:46 shambhala NetworkManager: ******************* END ********************************** Hmmm, that might be a way to try again with the debug package installed. Yes, this seems to be reproducable always. But after installing network-manager-dbg, libglib2.0-0-dbg, libdbus-glib-1-2-dbg and libgcrypt11-dbg I still only get: Dec 23 10:32:10 shambhala NetworkManager[30784]: <info> caught signal 15, shutting down normally. Dec 23 10:32:10 shambhala NetworkManager[30784]: <warn> caught signal 6. Generating backtrace... Dec 23 10:32:10 shambhala NetworkManager: ******************* START ********************************** Dec 23 10:32:10 shambhala NetworkManager: [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Dec 23 10:32:10 shambhala NetworkManager: [New Thread 0xb70bab70 (LWP 30793)] Dec 23 10:32:10 shambhala NetworkManager: 0xb7825424 in __kernel_vsyscall () Dec 23 10:32:10 shambhala NetworkManager: ******************* END ********************************** Are there other debug packages I need to install? Changed configuration file: mar...@shambhala:~> cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf [main] #plugins=ifupdown,keyfile plugins=keyfile #[ifupdown] #managed=true no-auto-default=00:11... (primary network interface eth0) [keyfile] hostname=shambhala I just disabled ifupdown management, as I let network-manager do everything itself. I don't know where with no-auto-default is coming from. I get no hint whatsoever in the plasma-widget-networkmanagement applet when Network Manager crashed. Have a merry and peaceful Christmas, Martin -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (450, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (110, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-rc7-tp42-ata-eh-dbg-dirty (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages network-manager depends on: ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups ii dbus 1.2.24-3 simple interprocess messaging syst ii isc-dhcp-client 4.1.1-P1-15 ISC DHCP client ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-3 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.88-2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libgcrypt11 1.4.5-2 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libglib2.0-0 2.27.4-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnutls26 2.8.6-1 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr ii libgudev-1.0-0 164-3 GObject-based wrapper library for ii libnl1 1.1-6 library for dealing with netlink s ii libnm-glib2 0.8.2-3 network management framework (GLib ii libnm-util1 0.8.2-3 network management framework (shar ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.96-4 PolicyKit Authorization API ii libuuid1 2.17.2-3.3 Universally Unique ID library ii lsb-base 3.2-26 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii udev 164-3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo ii wpasupplicant 0.6.10-2.1 client support for WPA and WPA2 (I Versions of packages network-manager recommends: ii dns 2.55-2+b1 A small caching DNS proxy and DHCP ii ipt 1.4.10-1 administration tools for packet fi ii mod 0.4+git.20100624t180933.6e79d15-1+b1 D-Bus service for managing modems ii pol 0.96-4 framework for managing administrat ii ppp 2.4.5-4 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) - da Versions of packages network-manager suggests: pn avahi-autoipd <none> (no description available) -- Configuration Files: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf changed [not included] -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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