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Old 07-26-2012, 02:17 PM   #1
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integrated network card not recognized


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?
 
Old 07-26-2012, 02:46 PM   #2
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Something else...

Have you tried a live-cd of Mint 13 or PCLinuxOS or openSUSE 12.1 to see if one of them finds the device? Slackware is very stable but doesn't have the latest software versions included in its installation. It is though indeed strange that "lspci" finds nothing.

Also try the command "lshw" to query the hardware and see if it finds something.

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Old 07-26-2012, 03:28 PM   #3
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Something else...

Have you tried a live-cd of Mint 13 or PCLinuxOS or openSUSE 12.1 to see if one of them finds the device? Slackware is very stable but doesn't have the latest software versions included in its installation. It is though indeed strange that "lspci" finds nothing.
How does not having latest upstream software to do with configuring a base install? Looks to me that the hardware is not that new so drivers & firmware should not be a problem.

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Also try the command "lshw" to query the hardware and see if it finds something.
'lshw' is not available for a default Slackware install.

@OP

I would try 'lspci -vv' and 'ifconfig -a'. Do a 'man lspci' & 'man ifconfig' to understand the options.

You are sure there is a NIC in place?
 
Old 07-26-2012, 03:31 PM   #4
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Hi,

Your system Gateway board does have a integrated NIC. So you should see a BIOS setting for the device.

Edit: Possible bad NIC. You may need to replace the on-board NIC with a PCI NIC.

Last edited by onebuck; 07-26-2012 at 03:33 PM. Reason: add comment
 
Old 07-26-2012, 04:45 PM   #5
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thanks for the replies.. sounds like a probably have a bad NIC. Very odd... was working and then it's not. Guess that's life.

Next question, I do not see any settings in BIOS for on-board network card. Should this be an issue if I get a PCI NIC? Will there be a conflict if I can't disable the original? Or, since it's fried will it not really matter?

edit: just looking at the bios screen and I do have a setting for 'mac lan' which is set to 'auto' ... would this be my on board nic? not really how I expected to see it listed, but this seems to be the only thing that could be it.
 
Old 07-26-2012, 04:51 PM   #6
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Hi,

How do I disable the integrated NIC ports on the Gateway 9315 motherboard? ;
Quote:
Q: How do I disable the integrated NIC ports on the Gateway 9315 motherboard?A: To disable the integrated NIC ports, perform the following steps.
  1. Power on the server, and then press the F2 key to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
  2. In the BIOS Setup Utility, Press the TAB key to select the Advanced menu.
  3. In the Advanced menu, select PCI Configuration, and press the ENTER key.
  4. In the PCI Configuration screen, set Onboard NIC (Left) and/or Onboard NIC (Right) to Disabled.
  5. Save and exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
I did a search at Gateway to get the information. If that is not your MB then go to gateway and do a search.

HTH!

EDIT: here is the link to search; http://search.support.gateway.com/iphrase/query

Last edited by onebuck; 07-26-2012 at 04:54 PM.
 
Old 07-27-2012, 04:04 AM   #7
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To the Monitor, my reasoning...

If I'm to begin the process of isolating a fault like this, I'm interested in quickly seeing if I can divide things into a problem with the hardware or the software. Testing with one or more differently based live-cds is a quick and easy start.

In addition, I thought that the integrated chipset that this older motherboard seems to use might not have been as well supported at one time as it would be in a newer version of linux. My system has a motherboard for which this is the case.

"lshw" is in Mint 13 if osbetensor wishes to try, but as mentioned, the fault can be gone around with the installation of about any pci network card. However, he may just be more insistently curious and want an answer as to why there is an inconsistency in function between Windows and linux.
 
  


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