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** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086708 Title: [Dell Precision T3400] Intermittent ethernet internet connection Ubuntu 12.04 (networking using the tg3 driver) Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: I have spent hours trying out dozens of solutions from the ubuntuforums and askubuntu, nothing seems to help. Ethernet cable and plug (in office wall with many ethernet plugs available) switched to test if this is the problem. My internet connection sporadically and regularly drops. Sometimes it is that webpages take a long time to load, or never do. Sometimes this can be fixed by reloading the page, sometimes this does nothing. In those cases the only solution is to either disable and enable networking or click on the supposedly connected wired connection I am using to get it to reconnect manually. In both these cases the connection is usually back within 5 seconds (very rarely I have to do this twice). I have reinstalled network manager and resolvconf, I have disbled ipv6, I have edited NetworkManager.conf (along with a few other things that all don't seem to work). Generally the connection is stable for a long time following a reboot, but once it starts dropping out, it can stay stable for a half hour, or 2 minutes, and there seems to be no way to know. Sometimes trying to load a page or an element in a page will trigger network manager to react to the loss of connection. What I mean is that in this case both skype and dropbox show that they have gone offline, and the network manager icon appears to look for a connection. This then happens within 5 seconds (as when I do this manually) and the connection is back. Again, this then can hold for a half hour or only 2 minutes, or anything in between. #### sudo ifconfig -a #### eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:c9:3e:33:d6 inet addr:172.16.10.253 Bcast:172.16.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1 RX packets:204291 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:73962 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:126731107 (126.7 MB) TX bytes:18598744 (18.5 MB) Interrupt:17 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:3340 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3340 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:245691 (245.6 KB) TX bytes:245691 (245.6 KB) #### cat /etc/network/interfaces #### auto lo iface lo inet loopback #### dmesg | grep -e eth0 -e bcm #### [ 2.833361] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95754) rev b002] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:1e:c9:3e:33:d6 [ 2.833365] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5787 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0]) [ 2.833368] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] [ 2.833371] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] [ 11.257451] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 20.902607] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 23.935637] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex [ 23.935641] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX [ 23.935774] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 4720.680698] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 4723.084274] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex [ 4723.084278] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX [ 4723.084408] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: dmat 1926 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfdffc000 irq 45' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984' Components : 'HDA:11d41984,10280214,00100400' Controls : 22 Simple ctrls : 15 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=28dc762e-200c-4ffd-97fd-83543a2b9275 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T3400 MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-33-generic-pae root=UUID=8fa2d784-c6e0-4aca-965a-524b1da063ac ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic-pae 3.2.31 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-33-generic-pae N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-33-generic-pae N/A linux-firmware 1.79.1 RfKill: Tags: precise running-unity Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic-pae i686 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm lpadmin netdev sambashare sudo WifiSyslog: Dec 5 10:14:28 koggies-Precision kernel: [84037.386144] type=1701 audit(1354698868.449:32): auid=4294967295 uid=1001 gid=1001 ses=4294967295 pid=10213 comm="chrome" reason="seccomp" sig=0 syscall=20 ip=0xb35ab424 code=0x50001 dmi.bios.date: 03/21/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A04 dmi.board.name: 0TP412 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 7 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd03/21/2008:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStationT3400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TP412:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr: dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation T3400 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. 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