While attempting to set up my computer onto the local network I happened to accidentally delete the Ethernet option in the control center. I can’t seem to get it back. The computer no longer recognizes one at all. When going to the network center there are no options to choose from and when I attempt to set up a new network from the control center and select the Ethernet option It tells me “No device can be found for this connection type.” I need help with how to get the computer to recognize that there is an Ethernet port again to I can add this computer to the LAN.

well to start can you provide the output of the following commands:also what distro is this ?

ifconfig;
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scop:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:33112 (32.3 KiB) TX bytes:3312 (32.3 Kib)

inconfig -a;
command not found

lspci -v -v -v;
too much to type but i see 5 usb controllers and no ethernet though the last usb is labled differently from the rest:
1-4... USB UHCI Controler
5... USB2 EHCI Controller
everything else are bridges or interfaces

lsmod;
also way too much to type out. if you let me know what your looking for i can tell you if its there or what it says. The computer with the problem is not on the internet and i cannot connect to the internet without the eth0 working.

--also i have no idea what you mean by distro or how to find it--

typo. should be sorry.

Hi,

there was a typo, it should be:
Also, to find out more about the network device:
(this should output three lines per network device)

Distro can be found with:
Evo2.

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ifconfig -a;
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scop:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:33112 (32.3 KiB) TX bytes:3312 (32.3 Kib)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lspci -k |grep -A3 -i net;
nothing came up it just went to the next line like it was asking for mor information

the distro is "Mandriva Linux 2009.0"

Hi,
Hmm, lscpi might not be in your path. Try
Otherwise can you confirm that this machine really does have a pci network device and that is has not been disabled in the bios?

Evo2.

/sbin/lspci -k |grep -A3 -i net;
no such file or derectory

Hi,

lspci doesn't seem to see it. So, can you confirm that this machine really does have a pci network device and that it has not been disabled in the bios?

Evo2.

checked the biose and it has not been disabled.

Hi,

I still think this may be bios or firmware related. Can you toggle it off(disable) and back on(enable) again in the bios? It also might be a good sanity check to boot from a live cd or something an check to see if it is visible to another OS.

Evo2.

it seems like lspci isnt even installed.

can you try running and let us know if it prints anything.

added a second network card to see if the system picked it up. Not only did it pick up the new card but the origional came back on as well. I removed the second card and the origional is still working. Thank you all for all of your help.