Background: Somewhat new to linux, but not completely. Have installed mint and ubuntu many times, but there's not really much to that. So I have just enough knowledge to mess something up. Received an older computer from a family member who just wanted to get rid of it. Decided I wanted to install slackware 13.37 and get a better understanding of linux. From all the info I could find this distro is as good as it gets for learning.
The cpu had windows xp installed and was working fine. I was on the internet a few times with no problems.
Downloaded, burned and installed slackware. No problems (that I was aware of) during installation. Now it seems as if the nic is not being recognized. Never worked (recognized) at all in linux. Formatted/erased windows. Only slack installed on cpu. Can't find anything that enables or disables. Stuck and need help. Thanks for any help!
CPU Factory Specs:
http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/10...09153sp2.shtml
distro/kernel:
slackware 13.37
2.6.37.6
dmesg | grep eth - returns nothing
ifconfig output - lo only
checked in BIOS settings to see if network card was disabled or something. But I can't even find any settings for network. Checked in advanced BIOS settings and also in peripheral settings. Nothing that I could find. I can paste what settings I do have if necessary. Don't have it in front of me right now though.
Code:
lspci output
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (re a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51G [GeForce 6100] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 /LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuation
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
03:07.0 Communication controller :Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56K Data/Fax Modem
03:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rec c0)
I tried to paste all the helpful info I could.. Any suggestions?