<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello this is related to an issue I am experiencing on Manjaro. I have raised the issue here: <a href="https://forum.manjaro.org/t/systemd-networkd-reports-device-as-unmanaged/167912">https://forum.manjaro.org/t/systemd-networkd-reports-device-as-unmanaged/167912</a></div><div><br></div><div>To restate the content of that post:</div><div><br></div><div>My networking configuration file:</div><div><br></div><div><pre class="gmail-codeblock-buttons"><code class="gmail-hljs gmail-language-ini"><span class="gmail-hljs-comment"># /etc/systemd/network/wired.network</span>
<span class="gmail-hljs-section">[Match]</span>
<span class="gmail-hljs-attr">Name</span>=en*

<span class="gmail-hljs-section">[Network]</span>
<span class="gmail-hljs-attr">DHCP</span>=<span class="gmail-hljs-literal">yes<br><br></span></code></pre><pre class="gmail-codeblock-buttons"><code class="gmail-hljs gmail-language-ini"><span class="gmail-hljs-literal"><font face="arial,sans-serif">After system boot, I run networkctl and get<br><br></font></span></code>IDX LINK   TYPE    OPERATIONAL SETUP<br>  1 lo     looback carrier     unmanaged<br>  2 enp2s0 ether   off         unmanaged<br><br></pre><pre class="gmail-codeblock-buttons"><font face="arial,sans-serif">I increased log verbosity to debug and see<br><br></font>enp2s0: Saved new link: ifindex=2, iftype=ETHER(1), kind=n/a<br>enp2s0: Saved original MTU 1500 (min: 68, max:9194)<br>enp2s0: Saved permanent hardware address: 00:00:de:ad:be:ef<br>enp2s0: Saved IPv6 link-local address generation mode: eui64<br>enp2s0: Flags change: +MULTICAST +BROADCAST<br>enp2s0: udev initialized link<br>enp2s0: Found driver: r8169<br>enp2s0: Link state is up-to-date<br>enp2s0: State changed: pending -> initialized<br>enp2s0: Unmanaging interface<br>enp2s0: State changed: initialized -> unmanaged<br><br></pre><pre class="gmail-codeblock-buttons"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Those last two lines are the concerning ones. I don't know why the interface is set to unmanaged. Is there any way to get networkd to print why it's reaching that case?</font><br></pre></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Ben Little </b>(he/they)</div><div><a href="https://benlittle.dev" target="_blank">https://benlittle.dev</a></div></div></div></div></div>