[Bug 760887] Re: Unable to network install on natty

Fri Aug 12 15:04:57 UTC 2011

Had the same problem on a Dell 2650 Server and a Dell workstations both with a Broadcom ethernet chip.
Very annoying, works with 10.04 but not 11.04. I manually added the IP several times to keep the install
going I do not understand the fix mentioned by Sandor. Below are the 2 network cards and the install
syslog messages. After the install things seem to work fine.

% lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-network:0             
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 6
       bus info: pci at 0000:03:06.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:0f:1f:70:02:98
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.116 duplex=full firmware=5703-v2.25a ip=152.2.128.97 latency=64 mingnt=64 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:28 memory:fcd10000-fcd1ffff

% lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-network:0             
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:10:18:0b:00:22
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.102 firmware=5705-v3.11 ip=152.2.131.168 latency=64 mingnt=64 multicast=yes

Jul 13 13:56:29 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface eth0
Jul 13 13:57:15 kernel: [  487.983861] tg3 0000:03:06.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95703A30) rev 1002] (PCIX:133MHz:64-bit) MAC address 00:0f:1f:70:02:98
Jul 13 13:57:15 kernel: [  487.983876] tg3 0000:03:06.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5703 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1])
Jul 13 13:57:15 kernel: [  487.983885] tg3 0000:03:06.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
Jul 13 13:57:15 kernel: [  487.983894] tg3 0000:03:06.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[769c4000] dma_mask[64-bit]
Jul 13 13:57:15 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface eth0
Jul 13 13:57:27 kernel: [  499.357380] tg3 0000:03:06.0: eth0: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin"
Jul 13 13:57:27 kernel: [  499.357390] tg3 0000:03:06.0: eth0: TSO capability disabled
Jul 13 13:57:27 kernel: [  499.467335] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

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Title:
  Unable to network install on natty

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: debian-installer

  I've been testing cobbler network installations and have run into the
  following problem;

  Installation of lucid servers using the attached preseed works just
  fine; however using exactly the same preseed with natty fails; the
  installer starts OK however when it gets to device detection the link
  drops and the installer no longer has a network link and fails.

  I've also attached the syslog from the failed installation - I get the
  same issue on both i386 and amd64 installs.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: debian-installer (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-server 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-server x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Apr 14 17:43:12 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1220
  MemoryUsage:
   total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
   Mem:       3054632    3006056      48576          0      70124    2551304
   -/+ buffers/cache:     384628    2670004
   Swap:      3107836          0    3107836
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-server root=UUID=b0846a5c-6aaf-4bee-9533-b668dd46aaba ro quiet
  SourcePackage: debian-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1.3.0
  dmi.board.name: 0X482M
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.3.0:bd10/15/2009:svnDellInc.:pnVostro1220:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0X482M:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Vostro 1220
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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