On Sat, Feb 27, 2021, at 3:56 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 2/27/21 3:06 PM, Doug H. wrote:
On to answering the question from Samuel: I am not seeing much help in the "while bad" journal:
# grep enp5s0 journalctl-b.while_not_working.txt Feb 27 14:52:58 wombat.wombatz.com kernel: r8169 0000:05:00.0 enp5s0: renamed from eth0
That grep isn't going to help much given that line. Try searching for "r8169" instead.
Gives...
grep r8169 journalctl-b.while_not_working.txt
Feb 27 14:52:58 wombat.wombatz.com kernel: r8169 0000:05:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control Feb 27 14:52:58 wombat.wombatz.com kernel: libphy: r8169: probed Feb 27 14:52:58 wombat.wombatz.com kernel: r8169 0000:05:00.0 eth0: RTL8168c/8111c, 00:26:18:3a:2a:1b, XID 3c4, IRQ 31 Feb 27 14:52:58 wombat.wombatz.com kernel: r8169 0000:05:00.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 6122 bytes, tx checksumming: ko] Feb 27 14:52:58 wombat.wombatz.com kernel: r8169 0000:05:00.0 enp5s0: renamed from eth0 Feb 27 14:53:07 wombat.wombatz.com kernel: RTL8211B Gigabit Ethernet r8169-500:00: attached PHY driver [RTL8211B Gigabit Ethernet] (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-500:00, irq=IGNORE) Feb 27 14:53:07 wombat.wombatz.com kernel: r8169 0000:05:00.0 enp5s0: Link is Down
Roger: I tried everything I could with ethtool and it would not "bounce". It does not support the reset stuff so I guess that is the biggest issue there.
Ed:
When you boot the system and get to the kernel selection menu can you stop the process by moving the cursor to a different kernel or by using "e" to edit the selected kernel? No drivers will be loaded at that point.
At that stage, so you see any LED's light or blink on the interface?
Yes, the lights are happy/flashy up until a couple of seconds after the kernel starts, I.E. after the grub selection has been made.
Is it directly connected to the Pi?
Yup, it is CAT5 from port to port. I set it up to get better speeds when transferring files for the Plex player on the Pi. I then started to use it for the ability to "wake on LAN" since the Pi runs all time and this system is often suspended. This is why I waited to fix it. The system runs without this link but I *like* having it so finally sat down and started hammering at it.