Changing device under Ubuntu

[ben darby]

* Chuang Wu (chuangwoo at gmail.com) wrote:
> >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
> 
> Thanks, when running 'lsmod | grep e1000', it shows e1000 module is
> already loaded. And in dmesg, there's a section about e1000 too.
> ---
> [17179582.680000] Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.0.33-k2
> ...
> [17179582.968000] e1000: 0000:02:01.0: e1000_probe: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit)
> 00:16:41:52:68:08
> [17179583.004000] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network 
> Connection
> ---
> but 'ifconfig' cannot find eth0 device either ;'( It sounds so weird. Any 
> ideas?

check in your /etc/network/interfaces file for a reference to initialise
eth0. if you havent brought the link up it wont show up in ifconfig
unless u use the -a option. ie. ifconfig -a, if it exists there and your
using DHCP test it with sudo dhclient eth0.

-- 
ben darby <ben at cvrse.com>