Problems bringing up my 1GB connection on GA-P55-USB3 / Fedora 34

Hi,

I’m trying to get my fedora 34 installation to boot to the onboad 1GB network card as I am reviewing network settings to take advantage of a new fibre connection. The PC runs Fedora 34, kernel 5.13.5. I have had some success but it comes and goes and is not stable. By default the interface does not come up at boot time unless I force a full electrical restart. I checked everything in the gnome network settings last time the card was up and all was OK. Now I’m out of ideas & in depth knowledge and need help. Thanks.

The entry where the card is availble is as follows, however if you check the journalctl extract hereunder, it is not there systematically.

kernel: RTL8211B Gigabit Ethernet r8169-400:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-400:00, irq=MAC)

journalctl -rx -g Ethernet
Failed to get MESSAGE field: Bad message
-- Journal begins at Mon 2021-05-10 19:12:33 CEST, ends at Fri 2021-07-30 14:53:03 CEST. --
Jul 30 11:25:11 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1714]: <info>  [1627637111.7225] manager: (enp4s2): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul 30 11:23:49 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot 9e5474f93eb145909ea2663c11855303 --
Jul 30 10:56:00 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1713]: <info>  [1627635360.0223] manager: (enp4s2): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul 30 10:54:34 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot c02d039b0ca044c4857665f3449fd9c9 --
Jul 29 18:06:56 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1720]: <info>  [1627574816.5982] manager: (enp5s2): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
Jul 29 18:06:56 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: RTL8211B Gigabit Ethernet r8169-400:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-400:00, irq=MAC)
Jul 29 18:06:55 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1720]: <info>  [1627574815.5522] manager: (enp4s0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul 29 18:05:34 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot 771fcf93c7d54cfeaee64c2e11727e2e --
Jul 29 17:40:56 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1719]: <info>  [1627573256.1377] manager: (enp4s2): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul 29 17:39:36 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot 1553652dd09d45d99961bc188e39fc9b --
Jul 29 17:37:48 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot 67ccbc36b59f4c0582745fe4e26e1dd7 --
Jul 29 17:24:10 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1714]: <info>  [1627572250.3660] manager: (enp4s2): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul 29 17:22:52 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot 0c0a35b6b2894a298e65d0a1956a92dd --
Jul 29 16:23:13 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1704]: <info>  [1627568593.7983] manager: (enp5s2): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul 29 16:21:52 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot e7732c4c36734c1d96b799980de46ef5 --
Jul 29 16:18:35 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot 4332e68057284af79b26c95e6eb3bd1a --
Jul 28 18:59:05 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1723]: <info>  [1627491545.6767] manager: (enp5s2): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
Jul 28 18:59:05 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: RTL8211B Gigabit Ethernet r8169-400:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-400:00, irq=MAC)
Jul 28 18:59:04 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1723]: <info>  [1627491544.7394] manager: (enp4s0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul 28 18:57:41 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot e167e78921d84ea4ae3b69fdb5d8c223 --
Jul 28 18:50:51 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1728]: <info>  [1627491051.0069] manager: (enp5s2): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
Jul 28 18:50:50 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: RTL8211B Gigabit Ethernet r8169-400:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-400:00, irq=MAC)
Jul 28 18:50:50 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX NetworkManager[1728]: <info>  [1627491050.4364] manager: (enp4s0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul 28 18:49:08 XXXXX.XXXX.XXX kernel: 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
-- Boot cfdf786d95e940558bc134adf5aebec9 --
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8139too Ethernet Woes - users - Fedora Mailing-Lists

Hi Vladislav,
I don’t seem to have any issue on the up interface. No speed issue or other.
The issue I have is the RTL8111B not coming up (and yes it also an r8139) unless I reboot electrically.
Any ideas ? I did not see anything in the mailing list link you sent.
“journalctl -b” does not even see the missing interface.
Thanks
Patrick.

Try this:

sudo dnf downgrade kernel linux-firmware

Then reboot with the earliest available kernel.