not detrecting nic.

blitzX · 03-23-2005, 03:09 PM

Hey, it's me again, i a while ago thoght that i had broken my nic, but now it may be possible that i just delted something that i shouldn't have. My sound also isn't working.
Is there anyone who can tell me the route to take to find whats missing?, and maybe to get it back.

- ayron

celejar · 03-24-2005, 12:00 AM

'lspci' lists pci hardware attached to the system; see if an Ethernet controller is listed. [This is from my system: 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)] That will tell you what driver you need (either built into the kernel or as loadable module). Look at the dmesg output to see if the system recognizes a nic on startup; if the module is built in it should, but if it's a loadable module you have to tell the system to load it, presumably on startup - check out /etc/modules.