No wired or wireless network

[Asif Iqbal]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tried to upgade from 13.04 64bit desktop to 13.10 when the upgrade
> notification popped up.
>
> However after few mins into the upgrade process, it showed  upgrade
> cancelled since /boot did not have enough space.
>
> Cleaned all kernels (including current one 3.8.0-31-generic, yikes!)
> with a typo in regex in apt-get purge. However were able to install the
> -30 and -31 back in and rebooted. After the reboot no network.
>
> sudo ifconfig -a does not show eth0 or wlan0.
>
> sudo lshw -class network shows both of pro/wireless 5100agn
> and broadcom netlink bcm5787m gig are UNCLAIMED.
>
> Any help restoring at least the wired/broadcom will be appreciated.
>
> Luckily I have this computer running lubuntu and has working network
> so I could email :-)
>
> Thanks
>

I booted using 13.10 ubuntu and found out I needed tg3 and iwlwifi driver
that are missing.

modprobe tg3 gives FATAL and module not found

Once that is fixed I can worry about the wireless afterwards.



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> Asif Iqbal
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> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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Asif Iqbal
PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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