Ethernet is not detected with the following setup:

OS: Debian Lenny
Laptop: Dell Latitude D600
Ethernet adapter: Broadcom 57xx Gigabit Integrated Controller
Wifi adapter: Broadcom BCM4309 802.11a/b/g

Have done the following troubleshooting suggestions from around the www:

LAN controller is enabled in BIOS
dmesg | grep eth0 returns nothing
lspci -v | grep -i net shows wifi adapter but no ethernet adapter
ifconfig -a does not show eth0
ifconfig eth0 up confirms ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Have done lsmod, but not sure what I should be looking for.

I would post lspci, dmesg or any other output, but as the adapter is not being detected, I have no network/internet connection from that laptop, have only one other Windows based (at this stage) laptop that I am using to write this message, and so would have to type out the output manually.

Adapter indicators are both on when laptop is powered up. Am unsure if the ethernet adapter has somehow gone to sleep, and if so, unsure how to wake it.

Perhaps the ethernet adapter is defective, but am hoping to confirm this before looking for a workaround/replacement.

Thanks in advance.

Can you show your lsmod output?

I could but it runs at about 60 lines, so again, would have to manually type it.

Is there any specific module names I should be looking for? This may cut it down and I could type these out.

Why do you have to manually type it? A whole dmesg output would be nice....

I mentioned in my original message:

"I would post lspci, dmesg or any other output, but as the adapter is not being detected, I have no network/internet connection from that laptop, have only one other Windows based (at this stage) laptop that I am using to write this message, and so would have to type out the output manually."

Fairly new to Linux so haven't used/mounted a usb stick before, but will try to find out how and give it a go so I can maybe transfer the output to my Windows laptop and upload it here.

Is there any way that you suggest I could capture this output and transfer it to my other laptop from which I am sending this message?

Pretty much what you just said man... Plug up a USB flash drive and copy the output over...

Ok. Brain still firing up this morning where I am, but have dmesg, lspci and lsmod output ready to post.

Posting now...

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 02)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller (rev 20)
02:01.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller (rev 20)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)

---------- Post added 03-19-11 at 10:44 AM ----------

lsmod:

Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 1760 1
nls_cp437 5568 1
vfat 9152 1
fat 40864 1 vfat
nls_base 6820 4 nls_utf8,nls_cp437,vfat,fat
sd_mod 22200 2
usb_storage 77120 1
radeon 118720 2
drm 65384 3 radeon
rfcomm 28368 0
l2cap 17280 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 44996 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 6468 0
lp 8164 0
acpi_cpufreq 6796 0
cpufreq_conservative 5960 0
cpufreq_stats 3776 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6476 1
cpufreq_powersave 1856 0
freq_table 4224 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_userspace 3172 0
ipv6 235396 14
rfkill_input 3520 0
loop 12748 0
arc4 1824 2
ecb 2624 2
crypto_blkcipher 15236 1 ecb
joydev 8480 0
b43legacy 99676 0
rfkill 5652 3 rfkill_input,b43legacy
mac80211 139808 1 b43legacy
cfg80211 21608 1 mac80211
led_class 3908 1 b43legacy
input_polldev 3752 1 b43legacy
parport_pc 22500 1
parport 31084 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
serio_raw 4740 0
psmouse 32336 0
pcspkr 2432 0
ssb 33476 1 b43legacy
pcmcia 29548 1 ssb
firmware_class 6816 2 b43legacy,pcmcia
yenta_socket 20620 4
rsrc_nonstatic 9504 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 31892 4 ssb,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
video 16464 0
output 2912 1 video
button 6096 0
snd_intel8x0 26268 1
battery 10180 0
snd_ac97_codec 88452 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1728 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 62660 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq 41456 0
snd_timer 17800 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6380 1 snd_seq
ac 4196 0
snd 45636 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 6368 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7816 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ehci_hcd 28428 0
uhci_hcd 18672 0
rng_core 3940 1 b43legacy
usbcore 118224 4 usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
shpchp 25528 0
pci_hotplug 23460 1 shpchp
intel_agp 22524 1
agpgart 28808 2 drm,intel_agp
evdev 8000 7
dcdbas 6272 0
ext3 105576 3
jbd 39476 1 ext3
mbcache 7108 1 ext3
ide_cd_mod 27684 0
cdrom 30176 1 ide_cd_mod
thermal 15228 0
processor 32576 3 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 4196 0
thermal_sys 10856 4 video,thermal,processor,fan
ide_disk 10496 5
piix 6568 0 [permanent]
ide_pci_generic 3908 0 [permanent]
ide_core 96168 4 ide_cd_mod,ide_disk,piix,ide_pci_generic
ata_generic 4676 0
libata 140448 1 ata_generic
scsi_mod 129548 3 sd_mod,usb_storage,libata
dock 8304 1 libata

dmesg:

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---------- Post added 03-18-11 at 05:35 PM ----------

Did you enable non-free drivers in repo?

If you mean adding "non-free" to /etc/apt/sources.list, yes this has been done.

They're available through synaptic, but if you have no network you may have to download the package and install manually.
Did you have network with installation disk? Using livecd you can possibly install.

firmware-bnx2
I'm actually on squeeze machine so I know it's available in squeeze.

I would have thought that even without any necessary driver(s), Debian would still at least detect or recognize any network controller physically present, and that installing a driver simply enables the OS to control/communicate with the controller. Or is installing the necessary driver(s) required for the OS to actually detect the controller?

It's non-free so if you didn't do Advanced Options>>Expert Install it won't install. And you would prbably have to run a command to have it installed. Take a look at this it's simi-related.
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware