Instaling 8.04 LTS, network card not working

Hi,

Please try the suggestion here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=527266&highlight=LNE100TX

So reboot your router, connect your LNE100TX card directly to a different port on the router, using - if possible - a different network cable.

During this test, please avoid using the switch and make sure only the problematic network card is connected to the router (no other PC's should be connected)

Then reboot your pc and try to get an IP address.

I know this sounds a little silly, but I think strange problems require strange solutions/methods sometimes. ;-)

Regards,

Mark

Mark, Thanks for your suggestion, I will try this. I am out of town and
will not be back until next week, so give me some time. I seem to
almost have the wireless connection going. I am not sure, but suddenly
it found my wireless router and connected. Even though it is just
across the room I seem to have a very slow connection and I could not
actually get to the Internet.

I have been running Ubuntu for some time, but I am still very new at the
Administration side. I need to get better on all of the commands. I
used to be a DBA for mainframes, so I know that I can master it. I am
setting up a new machine for a friend. I do like Ubuntu and Linex over
Windows. I have really gotten off of Windows. Thanks for your help and
I will try it when I return home.

Dale Maris
Cincinnati, OH

Mark Rijckenberg wrote:
> Your question #47294 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/47294
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> Hi,
>
> Please try the suggestion here:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=527266&highlight=LNE100TX
>
> So reboot your router, connect your LNE100TX card directly to a
> different port on the router, using - if possible - a different network
> cable.
>
> During this test, please avoid using the switch and make sure only the
> problematic network card is connected to the router (no other PC's
> should be connected)
>
> Then reboot your pc and try to get an IP address.
>
> I know this sounds a little silly, but I think strange problems require
> strange solutions/methods sometimes. ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
>

I have walked through the the suggested steps per Mark Rijckenberg which has not resolved my problem. Here is what I did and the results.

1. I connected directly to my router.

2. I did not have another Ethernet cable, but I attached my laptop running Ubuntu and it connected with the same cable and the same port on my router without any problems. So I assume the cable and router port is not my issue.

3. I then rebot, but I still get no connection to my router.

4. I did an lcpci command, and it seems the system does recognized my network card. See below:

family1@family1:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810 GMCH (Graphics Memory Controller Hub) (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AB PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AB IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AB USB Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AB AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX [Linksys EtherFast 10/100] (rev 25)
family1@family1:~$

4. I also attempted to revise the attributes for the wired network from 'Enable Roming Mode' to DHCP mode. I also put in my router IP address and attempted to set a fixed IP address. None of this worked. I have also put the DNS server (192.168.1.1) and my Search Domain (myhome.westell.com) and none of this has helped my problem.

Any suggestions where I go from here? Can I have some issues with my install, like incorrect copy of some internal file?

Thanks Dale Maris <email address hidden>

I performed a ifconfig command and I noticed that I do not have an eth0 reference at all. My Ethernet Card must not be configured. Here is the results of my ifconfig command:

ifubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
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:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:1342 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1342 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:67100 (65.5 KB) TX bytes:67100 (65.5 KB)

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

Where can I get the information to configure a network card? Dale

Hi Dale,

Please send us the output of the following commands:

sudo -s
lsmod
modprobe tulip
lsmod
dmesg|grep eth
ifconfig
lshw -C network
dhclient eth0
dhclient eth1

Regards,

Mark

Hi Dale,

What you can also try, is move the LNE100TX network card to a different PCI socket in your PC. Also make sure the "plug & play OS" option is disabled in the BIOS.

Then try the 9 commands above.

If it still does not work, move the card to a third PCI socket and try again.

If that does not work, I am unfortunately out of suggestions :-/

Regards,

Mark

I really do appreciate your help. I will get on your latest suggestions and get back. Regards Dale
Here is the information you requested. I will try moving the card to another slot.

family1@family1:~$ sudo -s
[sudo] password for family1:

root@family1:~# lsmod

Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 4992 1
nls_cp437 6656 1
vfat 14464 1
fat 54556 1 vfat
i810 19968 2
drm 82580 3 i810
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ipv6 267780 10
ppdev 10372 0
apm 22616 2
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 0
freq_table 5536 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
af_packet 23812 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
lp 12324 0
snd_intel8x0 35356 3
snd_ac97_codec 101028 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78596 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
evdev 13056 1
parport_pc 36260 1
parport 37832 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
snd_mpu401 9448 0
snd_mpu401_uart 9728 1 snd_mpu401
serio_raw 7940 0
analog 13600 0
gameport 16008 1 analog
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
psmouse 40336 0
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i2c_i810 5636 0
i2c_algo_bit 7300 1 i2c_i810
pcspkr 4224 0
intel_agp 25492 1
snd 56996 19 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
intel_rng 6528 0
i2c_core 24832 2 i2c_i810,i2c_algo_bit
shpchp 34452 0
agpgart 34760 3 drm,intel_agp
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
soundcore 8800 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ext3 136712 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
usb_storage 73664 1
sg 36880 0
libusual 19108 1 usb_storage
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 4
ata_generic 8324 0
ata_piix 19588 2
pata_acpi 8320 0
floppy 59588 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
libata 159344 3 ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_acpi
tulip 53536 0
usbcore 146028 4 usb_storage,libusual,uhci_hcd
scsi_mod 151436 5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50580 3
root@family1:~#

root@family1:~# modprobe tulip

root@family1:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 4992 1
nls_cp437 6656 1
vfat 14464 1
fat 54556 1 vfat
i810 19968 2
drm 82580 3 i810
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ipv6 267780 10
ppdev 10372 0
apm 22616 2
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 0
freq_table 5536 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
af_packet 23812 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
lp 12324 0
snd_intel8x0 35356 3
snd_ac97_codec 101028 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78596 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
evdev 13056 1
parport_pc 36260 1
parport 37832 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
snd_mpu401 9448 0
snd_mpu401_uart 9728 1 snd_mpu401
serio_raw 7940 0
analog 13600 0
gameport 16008 1 analog
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
psmouse 40336 0
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i2c_i810 5636 0
i2c_algo_bit 7300 1 i2c_i810
pcspkr 4224 0
intel_agp 25492 1
snd 56996 19 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
intel_rng 6528 0
i2c_core 24832 2 i2c_i810,i2c_algo_bit
shpchp 34452 0
agpgart 34760 3 drm,intel_agp
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
soundcore 8800 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ext3 136712 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
usb_storage 73664 1
sg 36880 0
libusual 19108 1 usb_storage
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 4
ata_generic 8324 0
ata_piix 19588 2
pata_acpi 8320 0
floppy 59588 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
libata 159344 3 ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_acpi
tulip 53536 0
usbcore 146028 4 usb_storage,libusual,uhci_hcd
scsi_mod 151436 5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50580 3
root@family1:~#

root@family1:~# dmesg|grep eth
[ 33.383707] eth0: Lite-On PNIC-II rev 37 at Port 0x3000, 00:a0:cc:32:42:86, IRQ 0.
[ 36.741087] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 36.749660] sda: sda1 sda2 <<4>Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
root@family1:~#

root@family1:~# ifconfig
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:16436 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)

root@family1:~#

root@family1:~# lshw -C network

*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
product: LNE100TX [Linksys EtherFast 10/100]
vendor: Lite-On Communications Inc
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:01:0d.0
logical name: eth0
version: 25
serial: 00:a0:cc:32:42:86
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tulip driverversion=1.1.15 latency=66 maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 module=tulip multicast=yes

root@family1:~#

root@family1:~# dhckient eth0
bash: dhckient: command not found

root@family1:~# dhclient eth0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:a0:cc:32:42:86
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:a0:cc:32:42:86
Sending on Socket/fallback
receive_packet failed on eth0: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
send_packet: Network is down
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

root@family1:~#

root@family1:~# dhclient eth1
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 5427
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device

root@family1:~#

Hi Dale,

Try the suggestion from gfowler on this URL:

http://ph.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?t=677007

Edit the file /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and comment out the line that has NAME="eth0" in it

Also edit the file /etc/network/interfaces and make sure it contains the following:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

After editing these 2 files, reboot your pc and enter the following commands:

sudo ifconfig eth0 up
sudo dhclient eth0

Hope it helps,

Regards,

Mark

Mark, I followed your directions as above and I received an error no device eth0 for the ifconfig eth0 up command. I have not moved the Ethernet card to other PCI slots at this time. I will do that now. I wanted to attach the two control files to this message. Is there a way? I will paste them in for now. Many thanks. Regards Dale
Print screen from my commands:

family1@family1:~$ sudo ifconfig eth0 up
[sudo] password for family1:
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
family1@family1:~$
family1@family1:~$ sudo dhclient eth0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
family1@family1:~$

70-persistent-net.rules file Note commented item)

# This file maintains persistent names for network interfaces.
# See udev(7) for syntax.
#
# Entries are automatically added by the 75-persistent-net-generator.rules
# file; however you are also free to add your own entries.

# PCI device 0x11ad:0xc115 (tulip)
#10/17/08SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:a0:cc:32:42:86", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

# USB device 0x0846:0x6a00 (rtl8187)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1b:2f:73:59:fa", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"

# USB device 0x1915:0x2233 (at76_usb)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:0c:41:59:33:16", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan1"

# PCI device 0x11ad:0xc115 (tulip)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:a0:cc:32:42:86", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1"

interfaces (I did have to add the entires for eth0 and eth1)

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

iface wlan1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid jdmnetwork

auto wlan1

I have now moved the Ethernet card to all three PCI slots and it did not seem to change my results. It still does not seem that the card is recogonized as eth0 or eth1. The command lspci, does show the card, but the networking does not seem to recogonized the card. Thanks, Dale

I am looking to purchase a new NCI card and I have a list of supported cards. I will update later.

I purchased a Netgear FA311 PCI Adapter and it did not make any difference. I put this card in another desktop, Dell Inspiron and it worked right out of the box. There must be some other tables or something or maybe its the bios. Can anyone give me any direction to reseach? Thanks for all of your help. Dale Maris

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

The only solution I can find is to use another distribution on Linux. Fedora seems to work fine, so I guess I will be switching distributions. If there is any updates I would appreciate any information. Dale

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I found the solution. The HP Pavilion has an option when setting up the hardware that had OS=windows. I switched this to OS=Other and everything works great. It seems that it set up the modem for windows before the boot and therefore there is a conflict with this device. I appreciate everyones help and hope this information may help others with HP computers.

Problem is solved. Dale