Re: Strange cabled network fault when rebooting from Windows (any version) into Ubuntu 24

Java Jive <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,alt.comp.os.windows-11
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2025-11-15 19:43, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>
> On 2025-11-15 15:39, Java Jive wrote:
>>
>> In case it's helpful to anyone else ...
>>
>> I have some Dell Precision M6800s & M6700s dual-booting via Grub 
>> between various versions of Windows and Ubuntu 24, all cabled to the 
>> LAN.  If I choose to move between any version of Windows and Ubuntu by 
>> rebooting, Ubuntu 24 cannot make a reliable cabled LAN connection, it 
>> keeps trying to connect but never succeeds.  However, if I choose to 
>> move between any version of Windows and Ubuntu by shutting down the PC 
>> in between, Ubuntu 24 'just works', no networking problem at all.  
>> Reboot from U24 and go back into U24, the situation is unchanged  -  
>> if it was working before the reboot, it's working now, if it wasn't 
>> working before the reboot, it isn't working now.  Reboot from U24 and 
>> go back into Windows, no network problems in Windows at all.  Reboot 
>> from Windows and go back into any version of Windows, no network 
>> problems at all.
>>
>> In summary, when rebooting ...
>>      Ubuntu 24 -> Ubuntu 24    No change
>>      Ubuntu 24 -> Windows      No problem
>>      Windows -> Ubuntu 24      U24 cannot make cabled LAN connection
>>      Windows -> Windows        No problem
>>
>> It seems to me from this that the cabled network hardware is not being 
>> properly initialised when booting Ubuntu 24.  The cure is simply to 
>> actually power down the PC before launching Ubuntu 24
>
> [snip]
> 
> Open a bug with the Ubuntu people, somehow.

Done:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2132151

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