After updating to net-misc/netifrc-0.7.3 a restarting of the net.ppp0 interface (DSL, pppoe) was not possible (see error messages from /var/log/messages). Downgrading to net-misc/netifrc-0.7.1-r1 resolved the issue. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Update to net-misc/netifrc-0.7.3 2. Restart ppp network interface Apr 9 05:30:01 server CROND[1882]: (root) CMD (/etc/init.d/net.ppp0 restart) Apr 9 05:30:02 server start-stop-daemon[1998]: Will stop /usr/sbin/pppd Apr 9 05:30:02 server pppd[7562]: Terminating on signal 15 Apr 9 05:30:02 server pppd[7562]: Connect time 697.6 minutes. Apr 9 05:30:02 server pppd[7562]: Sent 410532041 bytes, received 580076759 bytes. Apr 9 05:30:02 server pppd[7562]: Connection terminated. Apr 9 05:30:02 server pppd[7562]: Sent PADT Apr 9 05:30:02 server pppd[7562]: Exit. Apr 9 05:30:03 server pppd[2249]: /usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.8/pppoe.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Apr 9 05:30:03 server pppd[2249]: Couldn't load plugin pppoe.so Apr 9 05:30:03 server /etc/init.d/net.ppp0[2248]: start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/pppd' Apr 9 05:30:03 server /etc/init.d/net.ppp0[1882]: ERROR: net.ppp0 failed to start
I got what seems to be the same error: My pppoe uplink also failed after the weekly update of my (stable) gentoo system with basically: emerge -a --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse world net-misc/netifrc was updated to 0.7.3 today but not sure if that was the culprit. I fixed it by unmasking and installing net-dialup/ppp-2.4.9-r2 after seeing that my ~amd64 system had the missing file. The file /usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.8/pppoe.so was really missing and even running an emerge -1av net-dialup/ppp did not create it. Strans is, that in my btrfs snapshot taken prior to the update it's also already missing: # ls -l /mnt/root-2020-04-10/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.8/ total 140 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 13968 Jan 23 18:27 minconn.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 13960 Jan 23 18:27 openl2tp.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14128 Jan 23 18:27 passprompt.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14128 Jan 23 18:27 passwordfd.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 18904 Jan 23 18:27 pppol2tp.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 31184 Jan 23 18:27 rp-pppoe.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 22320 Jan 23 18:27 winbind.so I've just downgraded ppp again by running: emerge -1av =net-dialup/ppp-2.4.8-r1 and it's still missing: # ls -l /usr/lib64/pppd/* total 140 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 13968 Apr 10 13:44 minconn.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 13960 Apr 10 13:44 openl2tp.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14128 Apr 10 13:44 passprompt.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14128 Apr 10 13:44 passwordfd.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 18904 Apr 10 13:44 pppol2tp.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 31184 Apr 10 13:44 rp-pppoe.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 22320 Apr 10 13:44 winbind.so updating ppp again via emerge -1av =net-dialup/ppp-2.4.9-r2 and pppoe.so is back: # ls -l /usr/lib64/pppd/* total 140 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 13968 Apr 10 13:47 minconn.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 13960 Apr 10 13:47 openl2tp.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14128 Apr 10 13:47 passprompt.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14128 Apr 10 13:47 passwordfd.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 31544 Apr 10 13:47 pppoe.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 18904 Apr 10 13:47 pppol2tp.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 22320 Apr 10 13:47 winbind.so So seems to be a bug in ppp-2.4.8-r1 for me... Here what syslog has in the log for my original issue: Apr 10 12:52:33 deagol pppd[3050]: /usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.8/pppoe.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Apr 10 12:52:33 deagol pppd[3050]: Couldn't load plugin pppoe.so
Could we have emerge --info too please? (In reply to Alexander Wetzel from comment #1) > I got what seems to be the same error: > > My pppoe uplink also failed after the weekly update of my (stable) gentoo > system with basically: > emerge -a --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse world > > net-misc/netifrc was updated to 0.7.3 today but not sure if that was the > culprit. Out of interest, does downgrading netifrc make any difference for you?
Created attachment 698934 [details] emerge --info I've downgraded ppp again with emerge -1av =net-dialup/ppp-2.4.8-r1 and then also downgraded net-misc/netifrc emerge -1av =net-misc/netifrc-0.7.1-r1 # ls -l /usr/lib64/pppd/* total 140 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 13968 Apr 10 14:13 minconn.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 13960 Apr 10 14:13 openl2tp.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14128 Apr 10 14:13 passprompt.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14128 Apr 10 14:13 passwordfd.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 18904 Apr 10 14:13 pppol2tp.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 31184 Apr 10 14:13 rp-pppoe.so -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 22320 Apr 10 14:13 winbind.so Than I called /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 stop; /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 start --> ppp is working I then updated netifrc again: emerge -1av net-misc/netifrc And ppp is then failing again: deagol /usr/portage/net-dialup/ppp # /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 stop Authenticating root. Password: * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Bringing down interface ppp0 * Caching network module dependencies * Stopping pppd on ppp0 [ ok ] deagol /usr/portage/net-dialup/ppp # /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 start Authenticating root. Password: * Bringing up interface ppp0 * Starting pppd in ppp0 ... /usr/sbin/pppd: /usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.8/pppoe.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory /usr/sbin/pppd: Couldn't load plugin pppoe.so * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/pppd' * Failed to start PPP [ !! ] * ERROR: net.ppp0 failed to start While at it a also creating a symlink pppoe.so -> rp-pppoe.so. This also fixes the issue.
Created attachment 698943 [details] emerge --info
(In reply to Sam James from comment #2) > Could we have emerge --info too please? Added mine as well @Alexander: Thank you for testing the different package versions. Unfortunately, my system is >200km away from my present location, therefore testing its internet connection is somewhat out of the question at the moment. It was hard already to root cause the problem and downgrade the package over the phone with a user on site... ...anyways: if I can assist in any way (without breaking the internet connection on this system), please let me know.
Don't want to cause another downtime but I suspect that the problem is linked to the fact that /etc/conf.d/net config is instructing the scripts to load the pppoe module. Here the relevant lines: link_ppp0="net1" routes_ppp0="default dev ppp0" plugins_ppp0="pppoe" Using plugins_ppp0="rt-pppoe" in the config would probably also fix the issue. the Wiki https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PPP even has this statement now: When using ppp of version less than 2.4.9, the first line should be (rp-prefix) Which is kind of silly: This remark has been added on 16 January 2021 and all the older versions and the handbook also tell you to use pppoe. Comparing the two pppd.sh scripts shows, that for net-misc/netifrc-0.7.3 the following pppoe line has been removed: for i in ${plugins}; do unset IFS set -- ${i} case "$1" in passwordfd) continue;; pppoa) shift; set -- "pppoatm" "$@";; pppoe) shift; set -- "rp-pppoe" "$@";; capi) shift; set -- "capiplugin" "$@";; Below that it looks like the script tries to handle that now differently... and fails to that correctly.
I've been using pppoe for years and the plugin has always been the same: plugins_ppp0 = "pppoe" i am using stable packages, no problem with net-dialup/ppp 2.4.8-r1 net-misc/netifrc 0.7.1-r1 but if I update to net-misc/netifrc 0.7.3 pppoe connections break
Created attachment 699108 [details] emerge --info
OK< see https://bugs.gentoo.org/782100#c0 which I think should help. Stabilisation is about to be complete everywhere.
