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[SOLVED]Ethernet not found

imp0et

Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:15:23 am

I'm installed last version of Zorin with latest update,but eth0 not found, here's what I do :

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# ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:3310 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3310 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:423482 (423.4 KB) TX bytes:423482 (423.4 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:4e:fe:5a:b2:88
inet addr:192.168.1.239 Bcast:10.1.50.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a3e:8eff:fe5a:a285/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:232943 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:35828 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:62926225 (62.9 MB) TX bytes:4749304 (4.7 MB)
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# ifconfig eth0 up
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
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# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1e16] (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller [8086:1e59] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Panther Point 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:1e03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162 Fast Ethernet [1969:1090] (rev 10)
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~# sudo modprobe e1000
~# dmesg | grep e1000
[ 1848.727838] e1000: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI
[ 1848.727841] e1000: Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
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~# ethtool -e eth0
Cannot get driver information: No such device
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/etc/network# cat interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
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i've googling for this stuff, but nothing....

imp0et

Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:01:52 am

this what I do
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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential
wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat- ... pc.tar.bz2
tar -xf compat-wireless-3.5.1-1-snpc.tar.bz2
cd compat-wireless-3.5.1-1-snpc
./scripts/driver-select alx
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe alx
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and done, eth0 come up in ifconfig
thankyou for read this

Wolfman

Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:10:21 am

Hi and welcome to the forum,

I assume from your posts that this is now solved and will mark as such.

Thanks for your input.

Regards Wolfman :)

phelgan

Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:49:04 pm

I had this problem as well, wish it was two weeks later as it took a lot of effort to find the details!
Perhaps this could be stickied?

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phelgan

Sun Apr 28, 2013 7:25:18 pm

Also to note that I have had to repeat this exercise after installing a lot of updates.
Not sure this is normal or a particularly update.

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