Fedora27: KDE-Plasma/networkManager: Ethernet interfaces set to 100MBits/sec half duplex
I have just noticed that quite a few of my systems now have their Ethernet interfaces running at 100 MBits/s half duplex rather than the expected 1GBits/s.
I think some update has caused this to happen, probably about 10 days ago (noticed something was slow). These are KDE/Plasma GUI systems but I'm not sure if this is due to a change in KDE/Plasma, NetworkManager or something else.
On these systems the KDE/Plasma NeworkManager settings GUI interface now has an "Allow auto-negotiation" checkbox which I don't think was there before and it looks like this is set to non-auto, 100MBit/s, half duplex by default if there is no ETHTOOL_OPTS="autoneg on" in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* file and on initial setting of a network interface.
I guess this is a change/bug in the KDE-Plasma network manager applet. Where should I file this bug ?
On 02/15/18 16:43, Terry Barnaby wrote:
I have just noticed that quite a few of my systems now have their Ethernet interfaces running at 100 MBits/s half duplex rather than the expected 1GBits/s.
I think some update has caused this to happen, probably about 10 days ago (noticed something was slow). These are KDE/Plasma GUI systems but I'm not sure if this is due to a change in KDE/Plasma, NetworkManager or something else.
On these systems the KDE/Plasma NeworkManager settings GUI interface now has an "Allow auto-negotiation" checkbox which I don't think was there before and it looks like this is set to non-auto, 100MBit/s, half duplex by default if there is no ETHTOOL_OPTS="autoneg on" in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* file and on initial setting of a network interface.
Here is a screen shot of an F24 Live system showing "autonegotiate" has been there for quite some time.
I guess this is a change/bug in the KDE-Plasma network manager applet. Where should I file this bug ?
I'm not seen any problems on any of my systems.
What is the output of "ethertool <devname>" ?
I think this "allow auto-negotiation" checkbox is there for some time. If I remember correctly, there was/is some problem with not being able to apply settings for a (new?) interface if you do not select any proper speed by hand or activate that checkbox.
I have checked your problem on one of my systems and I also had it set to 100/half without auto-negotiation.
On 15/02/18 09:43, Terry Barnaby wrote:
I have just noticed that quite a few of my systems now have their Ethernet interfaces running at 100 MBits/s half duplex rather than the expected 1GBits/s.
I think some update has caused this to happen, probably about 10 days ago (noticed something was slow). These are KDE/Plasma GUI systems but I'm not sure if this is due to a change in KDE/Plasma, NetworkManager or something else.
On these systems the KDE/Plasma NeworkManager settings GUI interface now has an "Allow auto-negotiation" checkbox which I don't think was there before and it looks like this is set to non-auto, 100MBit/s, half duplex by default if there is no ETHTOOL_OPTS="autoneg on" in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* file and on initial setting of a network interface.
I guess this is a change/bug in the KDE-Plasma network manager applet. Where should I file this bug ?
On 02/15/18 17:54, Lukas Middendorf wrote:
I have checked your problem on one of my systems and I also had it set to 100/half without auto-negotiation.
I just checked with an F27 Live image as I don't have an unmodified system.
The Live image comes up with an interface defined without the "Allow auto-negotiation" box checked. While Speed: is set to Automatic and Duplex: to Half. I believe this may also be how the installed system will be initially configured.
However, looking at the interface via ethertool I see
Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full
So, the question would be did your system once have "Allow auto-negotiation" checked but it became unchecked without action on your part? And what does ethertool show to be the current speed? Are you unable to set it to the desired speed?
On 15.02.2018 11:21, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 02/15/18 17:54, Lukas Middendorf wrote:
I have checked your problem on one of my systems and I also had it set to 100/half without auto-negotiation.
So, the question would be did your system once have "Allow auto-negotiation" checked but it became unchecked without action on your part? And what does ethertool show to be the current speed? Are you unable to set it to the desired speed?
I can select the desired settings and also enabling auto-negotiation works, but for some reason it was set to 100/half without me doing anything. I'm not sure I ever touched those settings on that system before (and I definitely did not set it to something this slow on purpose). I think it was a new install of F26 with home directory carried over from earlier Fedora releases and then updated to F27.
During normal operation my internet connection would likely not even be slowed down by 100/half. So I would not notice it immediately. But once in a while I connect my notebook to the network and do file transfer with sftp. I think the last time I did that a few weeks ago it was faster than 100Mbit, but I can not say that for sure. The slowness I have attributed to the slow cpu and magnetic drive on the notebook could have been wrong network settings after all.
On Thursday 15 February 2018 07:26 PM, Lukas Middendorf wrote:
On 15.02.2018 11:21, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 02/15/18 17:54, Lukas Middendorf wrote:
I have checked your problem on one of my systems and I also had it set to 100/half without auto-negotiation.
So, the question would be did your system once have "Allow auto-negotiation" checked but it became unchecked without action on your part? And what does ethertool show to be the current speed? Are you unable to set it to the desired speed?
I can select the desired settings and also enabling auto-negotiation works, but for some reason it was set to 100/half without me doing anything. I'm not sure I ever touched those settings on that system before (and I definitely did not set it to something this slow on purpose). I think it was a new install of F26 with home directory carried over from earlier Fedora releases and then updated to F27.
My understanding is that if one end (your PC) has auto negotiation disabled while the other end (switch or router) has it enabled, the link speed is set correctly, but the duplex setting falls back to half-duplex. So that half-duplex setting is due to autoneg being off for whatever reason.
Syam
On 15/02/18 14:27, Syam Krishnan wrote:
On Thursday 15 February 2018 07:26 PM, Lukas Middendorf wrote:
On 15.02.2018 11:21, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 02/15/18 17:54, Lukas Middendorf wrote:
I have checked your problem on one of my systems and I also had it set to 100/half without auto-negotiation.
So, the question would be did your system once have "Allow auto-negotiation" checked but it became unchecked without action on your part? And what does ethertool show to be the current speed? Are you unable to set it to the desired speed?
I can select the desired settings and also enabling auto-negotiation works, but for some reason it was set to 100/half without me doing anything. I'm not sure I ever touched those settings on that system before (and I definitely did not set it to something this slow on purpose). I think it was a new install of F26 with home directory carried over from earlier Fedora releases and then updated to F27.
My understanding is that if one end (your PC) has auto negotiation disabled while the other end (switch or router) has it enabled, the link speed is set correctly, but the duplex setting falls back to half-duplex. So that half-duplex setting is due to autoneg being off for whatever reason.
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The problem I had here was that the ifcfg-* file came from an existing configuration (F25) and did not have the ETHTOOL_OPTS="autoneg on". Normally I don't touch the Ethernet configuration, but if you do then when you open the KDE-Plasma NM settings it will show this as auto neg off, 100 MBits/ half duplex. If you don't notice this (maybe you are just setting a static IP address), it will store the settings like this and you get a forced 100Mbits/s mode. I think it should default to auto neg if the settings are not given in the original file or if there are no previous settings.
If think if you remove the default ifcfg-Wired_connection_1 file, reboot and edit your network settings you will see this behaviour.
On top of this I "believe" 3 of my systems changed to 100 MBits/s within the last few weeks without me setting any network settings, probably on an RPM update of something.
On Friday, 16 February 2018 12:56:37 AM AEDT Lukas Middendorf wrote:
On 15.02.2018 11:21, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 02/15/18 17:54, Lukas Middendorf wrote:
I have checked your problem on one of my systems and I also had it set to 100/half without auto-negotiation.
So, the question would be did your system once have "Allow auto-negotiation" checked
but it became unchecked without action on your
part? And what does ethertool show to be the current speed? Are you unable to set it to the desired speed?
I can select the desired settings and also enabling auto-negotiation works, but for some reason it was set to 100/half without me doing anything.
I'm not sure I ever touched those settings on that system before
(and I definitely did not set it to something this slow on purpose). I think it was a new install of F26 with home directory carried over from earlier Fedora releases and then updated to F27.
During normal operation my internet connection would likely not even be slowed down by 100/half. So I would not notice it immediately. But once in a while I connect my notebook to the network and do file transfer with sftp. I think the last time I did that a few weeks ago it was faster than 100Mbit, but I can not say that for sure. The slowness I have attributed to the slow cpu and magnetic drive on the notebook could have been wrong network settings after all.
I think you missed the question. What the GUI shows and what reality is are two different things. I've had the GUI show 100/half - yet the switch port indicates 1000/full.
On 02/16/18 00:53, Steven Haigh wrote:
I think you missed the question. What the GUI shows and what reality is are two different things. I've had the GUI show 100/half - yet the switch port indicates 1000/full.
Exactly. And that is why I had requested the output of ethtool.
I just installed a fresh copy of F27/KDE from the Live-ISO. Bringing up the Network-Manager GUI one sees
Allow Auto-negotiation: Unchecked Speed: Automatic Duplex: Half
The hardware is 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
The driver in use is (from lsmod) e1000.
The ifcfg-enp0s3 file contains...
[egreshko@f27k-v network-scripts]$ cat ifcfg-enp0s3 TYPE=Ethernet PROXY_METHOD=none BROWSER_ONLY=no BOOTPROTO=dhcp DEFROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV6INIT=yes IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV6_ADDR_GEN_MODE=stable-privacy NAME=enp0s3 UUID=7f87f7d8-1d0f-316e-9a2c-419042156b19 ONBOOT=yes AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY=-999 DEVICE=enp0s3
(No, ETHTOOL_OPTS= line)
And ethtool reports....
Settings for enp0s3: 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: No Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on MDI-X: off (auto) Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: Operation not permitted Current message level: 0x00000007 (7) drv probe link Link detected: yes
So, what the GUI has and what reality is are different. Possibly a function of the driver?
Oh, well.... I suppose I'll follow the BZ.
On Friday 16 February 2018 03:15 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 02/16/18 00:53, Steven Haigh wrote:
I think you missed the question. What the GUI shows and what reality is are two different things. I've had the GUI show 100/half - yet the switch port indicates 1000/full.
Exactly. And that is why I had requested the output of ethtool.
I have your same situation. ethtool says auto-neg on and 100Mbps/full-duplex while the GUI has auto-neg disabled and shows 100Mbps/half-duplex. The ifcfg file is also similar to yours.
Syam
I just installed a fresh copy of F27/KDE from the Live-ISO. Bringing up the Network-Manager GUI one sees
Allow Auto-negotiation: Unchecked Speed: Automatic Duplex: Half
The hardware is 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
The driver in use is (from lsmod) e1000.
The ifcfg-enp0s3 file contains...
[egreshko@f27k-v network-scripts]$ cat ifcfg-enp0s3 TYPE=Ethernet PROXY_METHOD=none BROWSER_ONLY=no BOOTPROTO=dhcp DEFROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV6INIT=yes IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV6_ADDR_GEN_MODE=stable-privacy NAME=enp0s3 UUID=7f87f7d8-1d0f-316e-9a2c-419042156b19 ONBOOT=yes AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY=-999 DEVICE=enp0s3
(No, ETHTOOL_OPTS= line)
And ethtool reports....
Settings for enp0s3: 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: No Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on MDI-X: off (auto) Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: Operation not permitted Current message level: 0x00000007 (7) drv probe link Link detected: yes
So, what the GUI has and what reality is are different. Possibly a function of the driver?
Oh, well.... I suppose I'll follow the BZ.
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Terry Barnaby wrote:
I have just noticed that quite a few of my systems now have their Ethernet interfaces running at 100 MBits/s half duplex rather than the expected 1GBits/s.
...
On these systems the KDE/Plasma NeworkManager settings GUI interface now has an "Allow auto-negotiation" checkbox which I don't think was there before and it looks like this is set to non-auto, 100MBit/s, half duplex by default if there is no ETHTOOL_OPTS="autoneg on" in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* file and on initial setting of a network interface.
I guess this is a change/bug in the KDE-Plasma network manager applet. Where should I file this bug ?
Please do file a bug, preferably @ bugs.kde.org
-- Rex
On 15/02/18 17:01, Rex Dieter wrote:
Terry Barnaby wrote:
I have just noticed that quite a few of my systems now have their Ethernet interfaces running at 100 MBits/s half duplex rather than the expected 1GBits/s.
...
On these systems the KDE/Plasma NeworkManager settings GUI interface now has an "Allow auto-negotiation" checkbox which I don't think was there before and it looks like this is set to non-auto, 100MBit/s, half duplex by default if there is no ETHTOOL_OPTS="autoneg on" in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* file and on initial setting of a network interface.
I guess this is a change/bug in the KDE-Plasma network manager applet. Where should I file this bug ?
Please do file a bug, preferably @ bugs.kde.org
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Ok, have added bug: 390518 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390518
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