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On Friday 11 Nov 2011 21:12:29 Michael Mol wrote: |
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> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:28:26 -0500 |
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> > |
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> > Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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> >> My dell laptop E6510 had its motherboard replaced (as it turned out, |
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> >> for no good reason) and now the wired ethernet fails. |
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> >> |
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> >> ajglap gottlieb # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart |
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> >> * Bringing up interface eth0 |
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> >> * ERROR: interface eth0 does not exist |
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> >> * Ensure that you have loaded the correct kernel module for |
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> >> your hardware |
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> >> * ERROR: net.eth0 failed to start |
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> >> |
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> >> I am hoping it is some wrong setting in the bios, but the only one I |
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> >> see says the ethernet can be disabled enabled enabled (with pxe) |
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> >> I tried both of the enabled variants with the same outcome. |
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> >> |
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> >> I don't think I changed the kernel during that time, but I did try two |
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> >> older kernels; again with no change. I believe I have the correct |
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> >> driver built into the kernel |
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> >> |
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> >> ajglap gottlieb # lspci -v |
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> >> |
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> >> [snip] |
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> >> |
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> >> 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit |
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> >> Network Connection (rev 05) Subsystem: Dell Device 040b |
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> >> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42 |
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> >> Memory at e9600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] |
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> >> Memory at e9680000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] |
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> >> I/O ports at 8040 [size=32] |
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> >> Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 |
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> >> Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ |
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> >> Capabilities: [e0] PCI Advanced Features |
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> >> Kernel driver in use: e1000e |
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> > |
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> > Seeing as it's gentoo, my first guess is that the new motherboard |
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> > doesn't have the same hardware as the old one - Dell can easily fit any |
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> > wireless card with the same specs - and that you don't have the correct |
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> > module loaded. |
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> > |
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> > In the BIOS the option you want is plain "enabled", if you need pxe you |
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> > will certainly know all about that already. |
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> > |
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> > Any clues in dmesg about the hardware? |
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> |
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> On that note, find the udev rule for persistent networking and wipe it. |
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+1 |
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rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules |
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then reboot. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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