How would I check if there is a Ubuntu version? I really am a total Linux noon I probably should be on a simpler os

I basically need you to link me the file and tell me exactly what to do if youb wouldnt mind

First try typing into the 'Software Center' firmware-realtek_0.43_all and then hit the "Search" button.

Failing that, try the following command;

Also have a look at the following links;

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1608...e-command-line (look at the middle of page, for the graphical option)
https://askubuntu.com/questions/4477...ll-via-apt-get

I typed it into terminal and nothing happened. Thanks for trying though. I dont even know what I need to fix my issue. My computer could just be broken I have no clue.

What do you mean 'nothing happened'?
Did it give you any output?

Try the following;
Please post the output of the above command (using CODE tags).

Nope no output. Not sure what a code tag is but I will copy and paste the terminal





averyfb@averyfb-desktop:~$ sudo apt-cache search firmware*
[sudo] password for averyfb:
b43-fwcutter - utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
efibootmgr - Interact with the EFI Boot Manager
fwupd - Firmware update daemon
fwupdate - Tools to manage UEFI firmware updates
fwupdate-signed - Linux Firmware Updater EFI signed binary
gnu-efi - Library for developing EFI applications
gobi-loader - Firmware loader for Qualcom GobiUSB chipsets
grub-ieee1275 - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Open Firmware version)
grub-ieee1275-bin - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Open Firmware binaries)
grub-ieee1275-dbg - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Open Firmware debug files)
grub-ipxe - Network booting from GRUB using iPXE
ipxe - PXE boot firmware
ipxe-qemu - PXE boot firmware - ROM images for qemu
libcolorhug-dev - library to access the ColorHug colourimeter -- development files
libcolorhug2 - library to access the ColorHug colourimeter -- runtime
libdfu-dev - development files for libdfu
libdfu1 - Firmware update daemon library for DFU support
libfwup-dev - Development headers for linfwup
libfwup0 - Library to manage UEFI firmware updates
libfwupd-dev - development files for libfwupd
libfwupd1 - Firmware update daemon library
linux-firmware - Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
lshw - information about hardware configuration
lzma - Compression and decompression in the LZMA format - command line utility
lzma-dev - Compression and decompression in the LZMA format - development files
printer-driver-hpijs - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - printer driver (hpijs)
qemu-slof - Slimline Open Firmware -- QEMU PowerPC version
syslinux-themes-ubuntu - collection of boot loaders (theme metapackage)
syslinux-themes-ubuntu-precise - collection of boot loaders (ubuntu-precise theme)
syslinux-themes-ubuntu-trusty - collection of boot loaders (ubuntu-trusty theme)
syslinux-themes-ubuntu-vivid - collection of boot loaders (ubuntu-vivid theme)
syslinux-themes-ubuntu-wily - collection of boot loaders (ubuntu-wily theme)
syslinux-themes-ubuntu-xenial - collection of boot loaders (ubuntu-xenial theme)
intel-microcode - Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
0xffff - Open Free Fiasco Firmware Flasher
a56 - Motorola DSP56001 assembler
acpica-tools - ACPICA tools for the development and debug of ACPI tables
altos - Altus Metrum firmware and utilities
ap-utils - Access Point SNMP Utils for Linux
array-info - command line tool reporting RAID status for several RAID types
binwalk - tool for searching binary images for embedded files and executable code
bladerf-firmware-fx3 - nuand bladeRF firmware downloader (FX3)
bluetooth-touch - Firmware patching utility and config for bluetooth
brickos - alternative OS for LEGO(r) Mindstorms RCX. Supports devel. in C/C++
cc1111 - C Compiler for TI/Chipcon 8051-based RF SOCs
colorhug-client - Tools for the Hughski Colorimeter
cycfx2prog - Cypress EZ-USB FX2 (LP) programmer
dfu-programmer - device firmware update (DFU) based USB programmer for Atmel chips
dfu-util - Device firmware update (DFU) USB programmer
dns323-firmware-tools - build and manipulate firmware images for a range of NAS devices
edid-decode - Decodes to text the binary EDID information from monitors
esptool - create and flash firmware files to ESP8266 or ESP32 chips
expeyes-firmware-dev - hardware & software framework for developing science experiments
fcode-utils - OpenBIOS FCode utilities
ffado-tools - FFADO debugging and firmware tools
firmware-addon-dell - firmware-tools plugin to handle BIOS/Firmware for Dell systems
firmware-extract - A firmware-tools plugin to extract firmware
firmware-tools - Scripts and tools to manage firmware and BIOS updates
firmware-tools-cli - Scripts and tools to manage firmware and BIOS updates
firmware-tools-common - Scripts and tools to manage firmware and BIOS updates
firmware-tools-gui - Scripts and tools to manage firmware and BIOS updates
flashrom - Identify, read, write, erase, and verify BIOS/ROM/flash chips
fwts - FirmWare Test Suite
fwts-efi-runtime-dkms - Firmware Test Suite UEFI Runtime Service kernel driver
fwts-frontend - Firmware Test Suite frontend interface
fwupdate-amd64-signed - Linux Firmware Updater EFI binary (EFI-AMD64 version, signed)
fxload - Firmware download to EZ-USB devices
genisovh - Make CD-ROMs bootable for SGI MIPS machines
gpx - Gcode to x3g conversion post processor
gr-hpsdr - gnuradio interface module for HPSDR Hermes / Metis
grub-coreboot - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Coreboot version)
grub-coreboot-bin - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Coreboot binaries)
grub-firmware-qemu - GRUB firmware image for QEMU
hdhomerun-config - Configuration utility for Silicon Dust HD HomeRun
hdhomerun-config-gui - GUI Configuration utility for Silicon Dust HD HomeRun
heimdall-flash - tool for flashing firmware on Samsung Galaxy S devices
heimdall-flash-frontend - tool for flashing firmware on Samsung Galaxy S devices - Qt GUI
hostap-utils - Utility programs for Host AP driver for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3
ifp-line-libifp - command line tool to access iRiver iFP audio players
ifpgui - QT based manager for iRiver iFP audio players
ipmiutil - IPMI management utilities
libcapstone3 - lightweight multi-architecture disassembly framework - library
libfwts1 - FirmWare Test Suite core support library
libfwtsacpica1 - FirmWare Test Suite ACPICA core built for acpiexec functionality
libfwtsiasl1 - FirmWare Test Suite ACPICA core built for iasl functionality
libgnuradio-hpsdr0 - gnuradio library for HPSDR Hermes / Metis
libifp-dev - communicate with iRiver iFP audio devices (development files)
libifp4 - communicate with iRiver iFP audio devices
libnxt - utility library for talking to the LEGO Mindstorms NXT brick
libofapi-dev - OpenFirmware device-tree parsing library [development files]
libofapi-example - OpenFirmware device-tree parsing library [example files]
libofapi0 - OpenFirmware device-tree parsing library
libusbprog-dev - Development files for libusbprog
libusbprog0v5 - Library for programming the USBprog hardware
libuutil1linux - Solaris userland utility library for Linux
libuutil1linux-dbg - Debugging symbols for libuutil1linux
libykneomgr-dev - Yubico YubiKey NEO CCID Manager library development files
libykneomgr0 - Yubico YubiKey NEO CCID Manager library
linux-wlan-ng - utilities for wireless prism2 cards
linux-wlan-ng-firmware - firmware files used by the linux-wlan-ng driver
lm4flash - Command-line firmware flashing tool to communicate with the Stellaris Launchpad
lshw-gtk - graphical information about hardware configuration
lzma-alone - Compression and decompression in the LZMA format - legacy utility
mstflint - Mellanox firmware burning application
nautilus-ideviceinfo - utility showing information of idevices on nautilus
openbios-ppc - PowerPC Open Firmware
openbios-sparc - SPARC Open Firmware
openhackware - OpenFirmware emulator for PowerPC
openwince-jtag - allows programming jtag capable devices such as CPUs or FPGAs
pd-pduino - interfacing with the Arduino from within Pure Data (Pd)
photopc - Interface to digital still cameras
prism2-usb-firmware-installer - firmware files for the prism2_usb kernel driver
pxfw - Plextor firmware updater
python-hp3parclient - client library that can talk to the HP 3PAR Storage array
qthid-fcd-controller - Funcube Dongle controller
qtscrob - audioscrobbler submitter for portable media players
read-edid - hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP monitors
ree - Extract ROM extensions
s51dude - In-System Programmer for 8051 MCUs using usbtiny
scrobbler - audioscrobbler submitter for portable media players
sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw - Firmware for Cypress FX2(LP) based logic analyzers
slugimage - NSLU2 firmware image manipulation utility
syslinux-efi - collection of bootloaders (UEFI bootloader)
syslinux-themes-debian - collection of boot loaders (theme metapackage)
syslinux-themes-debian-squeeze - collection of boot loaders (debian-squeeze theme)
syslinux-themes-debian-wheezy - collection of boot loaders (debian-wheezy theme)
tp-smapi-dkms - ThinkPad hardware/firmware access modules source - dkms version
tp-smapi-source - ThinkPad hardware/firmware access modules source
ubertooth-firmware - Firmware for Ubertooth
ubertooth-firmware-source - Source code for the Ubertooth firmware
upslug2 - utility to upgrade the firmware of a Linksys NSLU2 via the network
usbprog - Firmware programming tool for the USBprog hardware
usbprog-gui - GUI firmware programming tool for the USBprog hardware
wmaloader - firmware downloader for Linksys WMA11B media adapter
xserver-xorg-input-mutouch - X.Org X server -- muTouch input driver
ykneomgr - Yubico YubiKey NEO CCID Manager tool
ztex-bmp - universal macro processor
fwupdate-i386-signed - Linux Firmware Updater EFI binary (EFI-I386 version, signed)
alsa-firmware-loaders - ALSA software loaders for specific hardware
amd64-microcode - Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
atmel-firmware - Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips.
dahdi-firmware-nonfree - DAHDI non-free firmware
firmware-b43-installer - firmware installer for the b43 driver
firmware-b43legacy-installer - firmware installer for the b43legacy driver
firmware-crystalhd - Crystal HD Video Decoder (firmware)
hannah-foo2zjs - Graphical firmware downloader for the foo2zjs package
isdnactivecards - ISDN utilities - active ISDN card support
isight-firmware-tools - tools for dealing with Apple iSight firmware
kinect-audio-setup - Microsoft Kinect sensor audio setup helpers
libsbigudrv2 - Santa Barbra Instrument Group (SBIG) Universal Library Driver
libsbigudrv2-dev - Santa Barbra Instrument Group (SBIG) Universal Library Driver
madfuload - Firmware loader for M-Audio DFU audio devices
midisport-firmware - Firmware loader for M-Audio's MidiSport devices
nouveau-firmware - Firmware for nVidia graphics cards
ovmf - UEFI firmware for virtual machines
qemu-efi - UEFI firmware for virtual machines
gir1.2-appstream-1.0 - Library to access AppStream services (introspection data)
libappstream4 - Library to access AppStream services
libappstreamqt2 - Qt5 library to access AppStream services
averyfb@averyfb-desktop:~$

Thanks for taking the time to help me

AveryFB, please do not start multiple copies of the same issue, and then further close many of them without being clear why you've abandoned the thread. Each of those threads are now useless to any person seeking future guidance along the lines of your problem. They will find one, two, or more abandoned threads with no real feedback. This behavior also can cause frustration with your fellow LQ members who are trying to assist you with your problem.

Please continue in this thread. If you continue to solve threads and start new ones with the same issue you will just cause a lot of confusion and eventually find that the answers you receive will not be very helpful because some people will be trying to learn about your problem when they could've read up on it in the history of one thread, versus four of them.

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@AveryFB,

I cannot see the package your after from your output. I think to avoid anymore confusion, please tell us WHY you thought you needed to install this package, what info suggested you install this package, to fix your problem.

Also, what exactly is the problem your trying to solve, is it your ethernet card not working? And also please provide any links to the info that made you think, you needed this package/firmware installed.

As, without that info, I don't think your going to get the answers, your looking for.

Also post the output from the following commands;

and

The above command will pipe the output from dmesg to a file in your 'home' folder, called kernellog.txt
Copy and paste the contents of the file to your next post.

Sorry About that I was figuring out the site at the time. That is my bad. I closed them because my issue changed

averyfb@averyfb-desktop:~$ ifconfig
enp5s5 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr d4:6e:0e:01:e0:0f
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

enp9s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ac:22:0b:51:eb:7a
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:1144 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1144 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:94485 (94.4 KB) TX bytes:94485 (94.4 KB)

wlx00c0ca750358 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:ca:75:03:58
inet addr:192.168.1.64 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::9e9d:787b:1e7a:a947/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5545 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4123 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:6194129 (6.1 MB) TX bytes:483242 (483.2 KB)

averyfb@averyfb-desktop:~$ dmesg > ~/kernellog.txt
averyfb@averyfb-desktop:~$






My Ethernet card itself is working. My issue is with some driver or something. Every time I install a new os the ethernet just will not work and it will tell me I need this file rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw so I basically tried everything that could be causing my issue and none of the fixes worked. I literally didnt know what else to do so I found a download of the file. This package has that file in it. I am really a linux newbie I am very thankful to everyone who has taken the time to try and help me. It is hard for me to explain my issue because I don't even really know what my issue is

You should find the kernellog.txt file, in /home/averyfb/ please attach it to your next post.

Now I had a look at my installation and I DO have this file, I'm using CentOS 7. It looks like you have two ethernet interfaces being enp5s5 and enp9s0, do you know which one the realtek is?

Can you run the following command (you don't need to be root/put sudo before it);

I've done a google search and the file your after appears to be in the package linux-firmware (for Ubuntu).

Have a look at: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?s...antal&arch=any

Let us know how it goes!

They are both realtek. I installed a nic card because I thought that I was having a hardware issue.

averyfb@averyfb-desktop:~$ ls -la /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1492 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1324 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5500 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3920 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3872 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3424 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1232 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4304 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4896 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 832 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 992 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 976 Mar 29 17:46 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw
averyfb@averyfb-desktop:~$

Thanks for responding! If I need to do anything else just let me know.

Also I download linux-firmware_1.164.1_all.deb from the link you linked what do I do with it to install it?

EDIT: I think I installed the linux-firmware deb file via Ubuntu Software Center and nothing happened

Attached Files

kernellog.txt (69.8 KB, 10 views)

It looks like you DO have the file your after installed. I cannot see anything in your kernel log that indicates any problems with your ethernet cards, where did it say you did not have the said firmware installed?

It said that last time I installed a OS so I just assumed Ubuntu was the same. What the heck could the problem be then?

Where did it say it, in your kernel log?

Also, is your ethernet card working now or is it still not working?