Ethernet Gone from HP d530 Desktop / Ubuntu 12.04

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a

Thanks

Andrew,
Thanks. Here are the outputs.
Julianloui
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  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       bus info: usb@1:5
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:1a:70:2f:2c:fb
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt73usb driverversion=3.5.0-23-generic firmware=1.7 ip=192.168.1.4 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
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Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

If you reset your BIOS to default settings does it appear?

How do you reset BIOS to default?

Julianloui

Power off the system. As soon as it powers up a little, repeatedly tap F10 on the keyboard.

Andrew,

PCI Devices still fails to show the ethernet after a BIOS reset.

Julianloui

What is the output of:

sudo dmidecode -t 1

Thanks

Andrew,
Here's the output.

# dmidecode 2.11
SMBIOS 2.3 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
 Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
 Version: 786B2 v1.11
 Release Date: 07/10/2003
 Address: 0xE0000
 Runtime Size: 128 kB
 ROM Size: 512 kB
 Characteristics:
  PCI is supported
  PNP is supported
  BIOS is upgradeable
  BIOS shadowing is allowed
  Boot from CD is supported
  Selectable boot is supported
  EDD is supported
  Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
  5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
  8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
  Printer services are supported (int 17h)
  ACPI is supported
  USB legacy is supported
  AGP is supported
  LS-120 boot is supported
  ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
  BIOS boot specification is supported
  Function key-initiated network boot is supported

Handle 0x0026, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
 Language Description Format: Long
 Installable Languages: 1
  en|US|iso8859-1
 Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1

Andrew,

By the way, Ubuntu didn't accept 'sudo dmidecode -t l'. So I issued 'sudo dmidecode -t bios' as a substitute and got the above output. I hope I did it right.

Julianloui

You could try the 3.17 kernel from the Kernel PPA, otherwise all I can suggest is that you update the BIOS and test (be very careful. It may require Windows) If all else fails I suggest you report a bug.

If you super want to use Ethernet you can buy a compatible PCI Ethernet controller for pennies and use that. You may even have a buddy with one s/he can give you

Andrew,

Since my HP d530's ethernet 'card ' is integrated into the motherboard, I have no way to replace it with a discrete card.

As for trying the 3.17 kernel or updating the BIOS, I'll consider them as future alternatives. I think I can continue putting up with using a wireless connection for this particular computer. After I installed Linux Mint 17 as a companion O.S. to Ubuntu 12.04 last night, everything works quite well and fast in Mint.

Many thanks again.

Julianloui

Andrew,

Since my HP d530's ethernet 'card ' is integrated into the motherboard, I have no way to replace it with a discrete card.

As for trying the 3.17 kernel or updating the BIOS, I'll consider them as future alternatives. I think I can continue putting up with using a wireless connection for this particular computer. After I installed Linux Mint 17 as a companion O.S. to Ubuntu 12.04 last night, everything works quite well and fast in Mint.

Many thanks again.

Julianloui