Re: re Laptop Does Not See eth0
Glyn Millington <[email protected]>
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Rich Shepard <[email protected]> writes: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2012, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> This is very strange. I've not seen this before in any of the >> portables I've had. > > I think the hardware's defective. Nothing is returned when I try > dmesg | grep eth', and when I boot using the xubuntu-11.10 live DVD it > keeps disconnecting from the wired network, probably because it can't > find it. > > Rats! Have to call the vendor (a local Best Buy) about warranty > replacement. Here's a long story:- http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/howto-install-driver-for-ethernet-controller-atheros-communications-device-1083-a-930325/ To cut it short, he had to upgrade to a 2.6.38 kernel! atb Glyn -- RTFM http://www.tldp.org/index.html GAFC http://slackbook.org/ The Official Source :-) STFW http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.os.linux.slackware JFGI http://jfgi.us/