LAN doesn't work under Ubuntu 8.10 on Atom Mainboard
 

Hi,

Can anyone offer any help please I'm having the same problems with Ubuntu 8.10 installed on a D945GCLF mainboard.

Tried the following but 'eth0' doesn't appear at all now:-
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...10&postcount=6

LAN was working okay prior to installing updates after a fresh install however once rebooted LAN is disconnected.

Am a complete newbie to Linux therefore would appreciate a step by step guide on how to get back up and running again.

Thank you.

Check the output of lspci, lsmod and ifconfig. lspci will show if your Ethernet NIC if being detected on boot. lsmod lists all modules that are loaded. It's a long list, so see if you can find any sign of the Ethernet driver, whatever it is.

If the card is listed in lspci, but you don't find the module, you can try "modprobe driver_name", using whatever driver it should be. You'll have to figure that out.

Then check ifconfig again.

Was there a kernel upgrade in this Ubuntu upgrade?

Check the output of lspci, lsmod and ifconfig. lspci will show if your Ethernet NIC if being detected on boot. lsmod lists all modules that are loaded. It's a long list, so see if you can find any sign of the Ethernet driver, whatever it is.

If the card is listed in lspci, but you don't find the module, you can try "modprobe driver_name", using whatever driver it should be. You'll have to figure that out.

Then check ifconfig again.

Was there a kernel upgrade in this Ubuntu upgrade?

Open a terminal and type: lspci and post the results here. Type ifconfig and post those results also.

Hi Nexus, Thank you for your reply. Here's what was obtained from lspci and ifconfig:-

lspci:-
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)



ifconfig:-

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:376 (376.0 B) TX bytes:376 (376.0 B)

Think that the Ethernet controller is being detected upon booting up however it's no longer working since fresh-install. Tried this twice now as well. Same problem on both occasions. Understand that there is a driver issue and that another driver can be used however that's where I've got stuck (providing barking up the right tree). Any suggestions would be appreciated.

As suggested by pentode can you do lsmod and check for any reference to your Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E.

Hi,

Here's the output that Pentode asked for (thank you for your reply Pentode by the way):-

Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 12032 0
nls_cp437 13696 0
vfat 18816 0
fat 57376 1 vfat
i915 38528 2
drm 86056 3 i915
binfmt_misc 16904 1
bridge 56980 0
stp 10628 1 bridge
bnep 20480 2
sco 18308 2
rfcomm 44432 0
l2cap 30464 6 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth 61924 6 bnep,sco,rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 15620 0
cpufreq_stats 13188 0
cpufreq_userspace 11396 0
cpufreq_ondemand 14988 0
cpufreq_powersave 9856 0
cpufreq_conservative 14600 0
freq_table 12672 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
pci_slot 12680 0
container 11520 0
wmi 14504 0
sbs 19464 0
sbshc 13440 1 sbs
video 25232 0
output 11008 1 video
battery 18436 0
iptable_filter 10752 0
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables
ac 12292 0
lp 17156 0
snd_hda_intel 384176 3
snd_pcm_oss 46848 0
snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83204 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
evdev 17696 6
snd_seq_dummy 10884 0
parport_pc 39204 1
snd_seq_oss 38528 0
parport 42604 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
serio_raw 13444 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
psmouse 45200 0
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
button 14224 0
snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
pcspkr 10624 0
snd 63268 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
iTCO_wdt 18596 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
soundcore 15328 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp 33724 1
shpchp 38036 0
pci_hotplug 34976 1 shpchp
agpgart 42184 3 drm,intel_agp
ext3 133256 1
jbd 55828 1 ext3
mbcache 16004 1 ext3
usb_storage 82752 0
sr_mod 22212 0
cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 42392 3
crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod
libusual 30356 1 usb_storage
sg 39732 0
pata_acpi 12160 0
ata_piix 24580 2
ata_generic 12932 0
libata 178208 3 pata_acpi,ata_piix,ata_generic
scsi_mod 155212 5 usb_storage,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock 16656 1 libata
ehci_hcd 43788 0
uhci_hcd 30736 0
usbcore 149360 5 usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 23708 0
processor 42156 1 thermal
fan 12548 0
fbcon 47648 0
tileblit 10880 1 fbcon
font 16512 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
fuse 60828 3

Cannot find anything here referring to LAN or Ethernet. Recall reading on a command that was entered earlier that the LAN reported as being disabled however cannot remember what the command was.

Hi Pentode,

Am not 100% certain whether a kernel upgrade was included. How can I go about checking what kernel is installed please? (in newbie terms).

Thank you.

Check System--> Preferences--> Network Configuration, to see if you can activate your lan port.

When authorising updates, it pays to have a look through the proposed updates before applying. To check what kernel you are running now type: uname -r

Hi, The port say's that it's activated but disconnected.

Hi, Good point. I'd taken the updates for granted as I understand that they're from Canonical however am new to all of this therefore shouldn't assume that the source for the updates is legitimate. Shall report back here what kernel is running.

Looks like a possible bug in Ubuntu update?:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/326891

This Ubuntu upgrade seems to be breaking a few things.

Just checked, it's running:-
2.6.27-11-generic

Fresh install required / recommended?

Thank you.

Thank you for that. Sounds like this could be down to a bug. Understand that there were problems with previous releases of Ubuntu. Guess the fixes that are posted on various sites (which haven't worked very successfully / at all unfortunately) are referring to pre-8.01 releases. The fix was possibly included in the installed version however the updates have broken the fix?

Think that a fresh install is required unless this is not absolutely necessary and either you or Nexus can give any other suggestions (downgrading the kernel?).

Edit:

Since posting the above I've read over the link that Pentode has kindly provided and now understand that there's a v2 release of the same kernel that should fix LAN issues. Could you please advise how to go about installing the new kernel?

Thank you again.