No eth0, driver for ethernet controller issue ?

SG86- · 07-03-2011, 11:23 AM

Hey, i am having issues with networking on a certain liveCD.

all ubuntu installs ive done on this machine im sure work fine, but i may have had issues with older backtrack versions.

My issue is no networking on boot of SamuraiWTF, for those unfamiliar its based on ubuntu 9.04

There is nothing except lo loopback when i run 'ifconfig', and there is nothing in /etc/network/interfaces for eth0 either.

lspci shows a Broadcom driver, but the same command shows the model number etc on a newer ubuntu install on the same machine. This is:

Broadcom NetLink BCM57780

I have the latest .tar.gz of the tg3 drivers suggested by Broadcom, but im lost on how to install them.

Does anyone recall this issue, or able to help with it?

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EDIT
it seems to be an issue with earlier kernels, i installed 2.6.35 and it worked but the kernel isnt mean for 9.04 i dont think, and now theres issues with the nvidia card lol

zer0signal · 07-03-2011, 01:43 PM

What does lsmod show for that nic card?

SG86- · 07-03-2011, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zer0signal

What does lsmod show for that nic card?

nothing? i cant paste you the output because id have to transfer with pendrive, but im sure theres nothing about the ethernet card there.

i have done tons of googling and have tried various things, after doing 'modprobe broadcom + modprobe tg3' i then have these modules listed in 'lsmod'

i tried 'sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart' is there anything else i would need to do after loading the modules to test?

like i said im sure i had this issue when backtrack was on ubuntu 8.04, there was a bug i think where the fix was loading the modules tg3 + broadcom in the reverse order.

Im pretty sure this is the bug http://lists.mandriva.com/bugs/2010-02/msg03179.php

Thing is all other distros ive tried, later ubuntus, mint etc are fine

jefro · 07-03-2011, 03:23 PM

There is a way to lsmod and use grep but I don't have the exact command.

lspci may help.

SG86- · 07-03-2011, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro

There is a way to lsmod and use grep but I don't have the exact command.

lspci may help.

yes

lsmod | grep Ethernet

etc

However, its listed via 'lspci | grep Ethernet' but it doesnt work.

again heres more info on the bug, am i able to just update the kernel? lol what does that involve? as i think its fixed in a later one

i have tried these solutions but they do not seem to work https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525966