Changing device under Ubuntu

[Glenn J. Mason]

On 13/07/06, Chuang Wu <chuangwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
> I got my IBM laptop repaired. I don't know what they have done with my
> ethernet, it doesnt work right now.
>
> when I type 'ifconfig' i got a error
> 'ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device'
>
> If I type 'lspci', there is an  Ethernet controller:
> Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) (rev 03)
>
> I cannot remember what my previous ethernet is, but this seems a
> little different from mine before, so I guess they change another eth0
> device for me, and Ubuntu doesnt recognize it.
>
> I wonder how could I have the driver for the adapter work without
> re-install Ubuntu?
>
> Thanks,
>
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Google says that it should work with the e1000 kernel module.  Try running:

lsmod | grep e1000

to see if it's already loaded.  If it's not, then

sudo modprobe e1000

will do it.  I'm not sure whether you then need to configure that somewhere,
or whether Ubuntu will just remember that you've loaded it with modprobe.

-- 
Glenn J. Mason - "Glennji"
Happy hacking!
http://glennji.com/
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