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Modprobe / How to get LAN to work??

Running a distro based on debian 6, I have a broadcom 440x LAN and it is not auto detected..

from here I ran 'modinfo b44', which came up with the correct info.

Running 'modprobe b44' returned the following;

Code:

WARNING: All config giles need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi, it will be ignored in a future release.

And the same again re: /etc/modprobe.d/hostap-utils.

running 'ifconfig eth0 up' returns 'eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device'.

What to do???

[EDIT]: Worked around. Works automatically in version with newer kernel.

When you ran the 'modprobe b44' command did you do it as root?

Like: sudo modprobe b44 and with out the quotes.

Or you can:

su -

[password]

modprobe b44

----------------------------------

Make sure the it loaded or not.

lsmod | grep b44

If nothing comes up then:

sudo lspci -v

and look for your card and the last line before the next card should say what driver it is using.

Code:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)

        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Motherboard (one of many)

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45

        I/O ports at b800 [size=256]

        Memory at cffff000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]

        Memory at cfff8000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]

        Expansion ROM at f9fe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]

        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3

        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+

        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01

        Capabilities: [ac] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-

        Capabilities: [cc] Vital Product Data

        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting

        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel

        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 03-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00

        Kernel driver in use: r8169

Mine looks like this with other cards before and after it. Tell us what the results of those commands are.

Distros based on Debian still have some major differences. What one are you running?

Quote:

Originally Posted by widget (Post 4487551)

Distros based on Debian still have some major differences. What one are you running?

I missed his edit he found a workaround by installing a newer kernel.