wired Etheret not detectd

[Phil Dobbin]

On 12/24/2012 08:40 PM, stan wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 03:55:30PM +0000, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>> On 12/24/2012 02:50 PM, stan wrote:
>>
>>> My long suffering laptop died, so I went and bought a cheap ASUS, and
>>> installed 12.10 on it. Everything "just worked", including the wireless
>>> networking!!
>>>
>>> Then I wanted to plug in the hardwired Ethernet connection, only to find out
>>> it was not listed in an ifconfig -a. This is the first time in years that I
>>> have seen hardwired Ethernet connection not "just work. 
>>>
>>> Any suggestions as to what I need to do to make this work?
>>
>> What's the output of 'sudo lspci'?
>>
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
> 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
> 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
> 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)
> 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> 
> I am geussing the device is the lsta one in the list.

Yep, that's it.

I suggest you start by Googling 'Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) + Ubuntu 12.10' & see if that throws any light
on the subject.

Cheers,

  Phil...


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