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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.
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--
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?
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.
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.
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