Arch: no network after recent update

I have updated my Arch system few days ago and since then i lost my network access. Network-manager-applet says "interface eth0 is down". From "dmesg" i have this:

systemd[1]: Cannot add dependency job for unit networkmanager.service, ignoring: Unit networkmanager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status networkmanager.service' for details.

from "sysctl" i got:

networkmanager.service
Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory)
Active: inactive (dead)

Reinstaling network service from cd did not help... My Arch knowlage isn't so great (changes all the time, i have no time to track them all) so please, can you help me and tell me what's the problem and how to solve it. I think it might have something to do with replaced "networkservice" service after update but that's only my guess...

guest86

Posted 2013-03-23T15:45:50.823

Reputation: 191

it it not called networkmanager.service but NetworkManager.service. Try systemctl disable networkmanager.server, systemctl enable NetworkManager.service, systemctl start NetworkManager.service – t-8ch – 2013-03-23T19:40:10.790

That did the trick! (of course, i was using "NetworkManager.service") – guest86 – 2013-03-23T21:47:58.467

Answers

The systemd service is called NetworkManager.service, not networkmanager.service.

t-8ch

Posted 2013-03-23T15:45:50.823

Reputation: 126

Recent versions use different naming for the interfaces. I found my "eth0" being reported as "eno1" which is apparently the new naming convention for systemd or udev or something like that. You might want to check your system isn't trying to start with 'systemctl start dhcpcd@eth0.service' and change it to whatever your interface is actually called.

SpliFF

Posted 2013-03-23T15:45:50.823

Reputation: 282

Open the terminal and enter:

ls /sys/class/net

You will see the exact naming of your interfaces. One is the loopback interface (lo), another should be the wireless interface (maybe wlan0) and the one remaining is the ethernet interface. To enable the ethernet at startup, enter at the terminal:

systemctl enable dhcpcd@XXXX

Replace XXXX with the name of your ethernet interface.

To stop systemd from trying to load eth0 (which does not exist anymore) at startup, enter:

systemctl disable dhcpcd@eth0

Don Juan dePython

Posted 2013-03-23T15:45:50.823

Reputation: 184

I have tried this but i don't know if it helped because first i tried solution described in comment of my question and it solved the problem. P.S. i have only "eth0" and "lo", i don't have wireless net :) – guest86 – 2013-03-24T00:33:53.563