RTL8111/8168B Rev 06 Ethernet controller not working with AMD64 Kernels > 2.6

I'm also having trouble with the RTL8111 Ethernet controller. It's not working at all on Ubuntu x64.

This is my card:

$ lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
    Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard [1458:e000]
    Kernel driver in use: r8168

I tested it with following amd64 versions:

Mint 16          | Kernel 3.11 | r8169 & r8168 not working
Debian 7.2       | Kernel 3.2  | r8169 & r8168 not working
Ubuntu 13.10     | Kernel 3.11 | r8169 & r8168 not working
Ubuntu 12.04.3   | Kernel 3.8  | r8169 & r8168 not working
Ubuntu 12.04.2   | Kernel 3.5  | r8169 & r8168 not working
Ubuntu 12.04.0   | Kernel 3.2  | r8169 & r8168 not working
Ubuntu 11.10     | Kernel 3.0  | r8169 & r8168 not working
Debian 6.0.7     | Kernel 2.6  | r8169 working fine, r8168 working fine
Ubuntu 10.04.4   | Kernel 2.6  | r8169 working with known problems, r8168 working fine
Smos1.2 (Debian) | Kernel 2.6  | r8169 working with known problems, r8168 working fine

Conclusion: The rev 06 of RTL8111/8168 is not working above AMD64 Kernel 2.6

  • This nic works with all i386 kernels.
  • It didn't work with ndiswrapper on amd64.

Regression:

  • I blacklisted the driver r8169 and installed 8.036.00 over dkms based on this post by praseodym.
  • I also tried the 037.deb package from launchpad with no luck
  • I tried static ip's / dhcp but the connection isn't working.

I'd like to offer a small BTC Donation like 0.03 BTC for a working solution because I need this fixed asap.

Here's a list of infos and logs:

$ uname -a
Linux miner-rig1 3.8.0-34-generic #49~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 13 18:05:00 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2
04:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Allied Telesis AT-2500TX/ACPI [1259:2503]
        Kernel driver in use: 8139too
--
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard [1458:e000]
        Kernel driver in use: r8168

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.0.1
search fritz.box

$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       miner-rig1
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
# PCI device 0x10ec:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/0000:05:00.0 (r8169)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="94:de:80:a7:c4:ea", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"    
# PCI device 0x10ec:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:04:06.0 (8139too)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:30:84:2a:cc:12", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1"

$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 94:de:80:a7:c4:ea
          inet6 addr: fe80::96de:80ff:fea7:c4ea/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:370 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1522 (1.5 KB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:76 Base address:0xe000

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:84:2a:cc:12
          inet addr:192.168.188.41  Bcast:192.168.188.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::230:84ff:fe2a:cc12/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:16182 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36773 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1304413 (1.3 MB)  TX bytes:35558704 (35.5 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:64402 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:64402 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:90356022 (90.3 MB)  TX bytes:90356022 (90.3 MB)

$ route -n
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.188.1   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth1
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth1
192.168.188.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     1      0        0 eth1

$ dmesg
[    0.309661] pci 0000:05:00.0: [10ec:8168] type 00 class 0x020000
[    0.309676] pci 0000:05:00.0: reg 10: [io  0xb000-0xb0ff]
[    0.309701] pci 0000:05:00.0: reg 18: [mem 0xfe600000-0xfe600fff 64bit]
[    0.309717] pci 0000:05:00.0: reg 20: [mem 0xd0900000-0xd0903fff 64bit pref]
[    0.309784] pci 0000:05:00.0: supports D1 D2
[    0.309785] pci 0000:05:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    1.273121] r8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver 8.036.00-NAPI loaded
[    1.273203] r8168 0000:05:00.0: irq 76 for MSI/MSI-X
[    1.283778] eth%d: 0xffffc9000007e000, 94:de:80:a7:c4:ea, IRQ 76
[    1.283940] r8168: This product is covered by one or more of the following patents: US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625.
[    1.283944] r8168  Copyright (C) 2013  Realtek NIC software team <[email protected]>
[    1.283944]  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details, please see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
[    1.283944]  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
[    8.423951] r8168: eth0: link up

$ cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

$ lsmod
8139too                32183  0
r8168                 260948  0

$ sudo ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Full
        Supported pause frame use: No
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 100Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: Twisted Pair
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        MDI-X: Unknown
        Supports Wake-on: pumbg
        Wake-on: g
        Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
                               drv probe ifdown ifup
        Link detected: yes

$ cat syslog (eth0 is the corrupt 8111 controller, eth1 is working)
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.000000] PERCPU: Embedded 28 pages/cpu @ffff88023ec00000 s84928 r8192 d21568 u262144
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s84928 r8192 d21568 u262144 alloc=1*2097152
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.256453] NET: Registered protocol family 16
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.342139] NetLabel: Initializing
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.342141] NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.342142] NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.342150] NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.357055] NET: Registered protocol family 2
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.357763] NET: Registered protocol family 1
21:16:56 kernel: [    0.897306] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.218874] NET: Registered protocol family 10
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.219000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.278661] r8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver 8.036.00-NAPI loaded
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.278738] r8168 0000:05:00.0: irq 76 for MSI/MSI-X
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.289300] eth%d: 0xffffc9000007e000, 94:de:80:a7:c4:ea, IRQ 76
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.289452] r8168: This product is covered by one or more of the following patents: US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625.
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.289459] r8168  Copyright (C) 2013  Realtek NIC software team <[email protected]>
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.292382] 8139cp: 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Et ernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004)
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.293719] 8139too: 8139too Fast Etherne  driver 0.9.28
21:16:56 kernel: [    1.294824] 8139too 0000:04:06.0 eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x000000000001c000, 00:30:84:2a:cc:12, IRQ 20
21:16:56 kernel: [    2.148715] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): et 0: link is not ready
21:16:56 kernel: [    2.148720] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): et 1: link is not ready
21:16:56 kernel: [    2.312197] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <[email protected]>, Peter Oruba
21:16:56 kernel: [    2.483450] type=1400 audit(1388348216.756:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=751 comm="apparmor_parser"
21:16:56 kernel: [    2.483604] type=1400 audit(1388348216.756:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=750 comm="apparmor_parser"
21:16:56 kernel: [    2.483610] type=1400 audit(1388348216.756:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=763 comm="apparmor_parser"
21:16:56 kernel: [    2.645814] NET: Registered protocol family 31
21:16:56 avahi-daemon[922]: Network interface enumeration completed.
21:16:56 kernel: [    2.658659] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
21:16:56 NetworkManager[932]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.4.0) is starting...
21:16:56 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Read config file /etc/Ne workManager/NetworkManager.conf
21:16:56 NetworkManager[932]: <info> VPN: loaded org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp
21:16:56 NetworkManager[932]: <info> DNS: loaded plugin dnsmasq
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: init!
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_system_hostname
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPluginIfupdown: management mode: unmanaged
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:04:06.0/net/eth1, iface: eth1)
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:04:06.0/net/eth1, iface: et 1): no ifupdown configuration found.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth0, iface: eth0)
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth0, iface: et 0): no ifupdown configuration found.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo)
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo): no ifupdown configuration found.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: end _init.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Loaded plugin ifupdown: (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (15243056) ... get_connections.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (15243056) ... get_connections (managed=false): return empty list.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    keyfile: parsing 8111 dhcp ...
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    keyfile:     read connection '8111 dhcp'
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    keyfile: parsing working eth card ...
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    keyfile:     read connection 'working eth card'
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]:    Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> modem-manager is now available
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): carrier is OFF
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): new Ethernet device (driver: '8139too' ifindex: 3)
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): now managed
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): bringing up device.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): carrier now ON (device state 20)
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): preparing device.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2]
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported
21:16:57 kernel: [    2.773422] 8139too 0000:04:06.0 eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8168' ifindex: 2)
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): now managed
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): bringing up device.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): preparing device.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2]
21:16:57 kernel: [    2.832528] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): et 0: link is not ready
21:16:57 kernel: [    2.832766] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): et 0: link is not ready
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none') [20 30 0]
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'working eth card'.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) starting connection 'working eth card'
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started...
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): device state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0]
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Beginning DHCPv4 transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> dhclient started with pid 1058
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Beginning IP6 addrconf.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
21:16:57 dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1-ESV-R4
21:16:57 dhclient: Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium.
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): DHCPv4 state changed nbi -> preinit
21:16:57 dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth1/00:30:84:2a:cc:12
21:16:57 dhclient: Sending on   LPF/eth1/00:30:84:2a:cc:12
21:16:57 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.188.41 on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): DHCPv4 state changed preinit -> reboot
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info>   address 192.168.188.41
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info>   prefix 24 (255.255.255.0)
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info>   gateway 192.168.188.1
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info>   nameserver '192.168.188.1'
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info>   domain name 'fritz.box'
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Commit) scheduled...
21:16:57 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) started...
21:16:57 avahi-daemon[922]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 192.168.188.41.
21:16:57 avahi-daemon[922]: New relevant interface eth1.IPv4 for mDNS.
21:16:57 avahi-daemon[922]: Registering new address record for 192.168.188.41 on eth1.IPv4.
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <info> DNS: starting dnsmasq...
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <error> [1388348218.141241] [nm-dns-dnsmasq.c:393] update(): dnsmasq not available on the bus, can't update servers.
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <error> [1388348218.141259] [nm-dns-dnsmasq.c:395] update(): dnsmasq owner not found on bus: Could not get owner of name 'uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq': no such name
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <warn> DNS: plugin dnsmasq update failed
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): device state change: ip-config -> activated (reason 'none') [70 100 0]
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Policy set 'working eth card' (eth1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) successful, device activated.
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete.
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <warn> dnsmasq appeared on DBus: :1.24
21:16:58 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth1): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf
21:16:58 avahi-daemon[922]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv6 with address fe80::230:84ff:fe2a:cc12.
21:16:58 avahi-daemon[922]: New relevant interface eth1.IPv6 for mDNS.
21:16:58 avahi-daemon[922]: Registering new address record for fe80::230:84ff:fe2a:cc12 on eth1.*.
21:16:59 kernel: [    4.842503] r8168: eth0: link up
21:17:01 kernel: [    6.852980] r8168: eth0: link up
21:17:01 kernel: [    6.853014] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 20)
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed') [20 30 40]
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Auto-activating connection '8111 dhcp'.
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) starting connection '8111 dhcp'
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started...
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): device state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0]
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning DHCPv4 transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> dhclient started with pid 1997
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning IP6 addrconf.
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
21:17:01 dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1-ESV-R4
21:17:01 dhclient: Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium.
21:17:01 NetworkManager[932]: <info> (eth0): DHCPv4 state changed nbi -> preinit
21:17:01 dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth0/94:de:80:a7:c4:ea
21:17:01 dhclient: Sending on   LPF/eth0/94:de:80:a7:c4:ea
21:17:01 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
21:17:02 avahi-daemon[922]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::96de:80ff:fea7:c4ea.
21:17:02 avahi-daemon[922]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv6 for mDNS.
21:17:02 avahi-daemon[922]: Registering new address record for fe80::96de:80ff:fea7:c4ea on eth0.*.
21:17:02 NetworkManager[932]: <warn> error monitoring device for netlink events: error processing netlink message: Object busy
21:17:04 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
21:17:11 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
21:17:13 NetworkManager[932]: <warn> error monitoring device for netlink events: error processing netlink message: Object busy

Visit the Realtek > NIC's > 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet > PCI Express > software > Unix (Linux) and download the driver source for your kernel version.


I had the same problem for years now and with every update that involves a kernel it will reboot with network disconnected, I have it down pat. Turn off the machine, pull the plug , hold the power button for a second or two and try it again. If that fails delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and reboot usually does the trick.