New Install, Can't get on internet

[Cruton502]

Hey guys, new Linux user here. I just did an install from the livecd and I can't connect to my router via ethernet. The icon in the top right says that I'm not connected. In the network tools it shows that I'm not getting an IP address (I have the ethernet setting to DHCP). I logged into my router from a different machine and my router can see the ubuntu machine and it says that it has also assigned it an IP. For some reason the ubuntu machine won't show that it has been assigned an IP.

I could really use some help please.

The LAN chip on my motherboard is a VIA VT6308.

Because I am new to Linux, please give me explicit instructions on what to do. I know how to get to the terminal

[lisati]

When you click on the icon, are you able to select any network to connect to?

[Cruton502]

I can click on "Auto eth0" When I click on it, it shows the connecting animation for about a minute and then gives me a pop up window saying that I'm disconnected.

I found a command in a similiar thread and here are the results of it. I hope it helps:

derrick@oem-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C Network
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 190 Ethernet Adapter
       vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:30:1b:80:58:83
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sis190 driverversion=1.2 duplex=full latency=0 link=yes module=sis190 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: pan0
       serial: d6:5e:c2:af:93:04
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes

the "network DISABLED" line kinda stands out

[Cruton502]

Here is another piece of code that might help:

derrick@oem-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep via-rhine
[ 1248.522782] via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.4.3 2007-03-06 Written by Donald Becker
[ 1248.522795] via-rhine: Broken BIOS detected, avoid_D3 enabled.

[Crafty Kisses]

What are the results of the following?

route

[Cruton502]

Here are the results:

derrick@oem-desktop:~$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
derrick@oem-desktop:~$

And that was it.

[itsamebuddich]

Hi Crouton, have you seen this posting in the forum? This seemed to help this beginner user as well:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1227471

[Cruton502]

Hi Crouton, have you seen this posting in the forum? This seemed to help this beginner user as well:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1227471

I just took a look at it. My router is connected to the internet (hence I'm able to post this). My router can see the ubuntu box and the router reports that it has assigned the computer an IP, but in the 'network tools' app in ubuntu, it shows that it has not received an IP assignment

[Loosewheel]

This is some pretty crazy stuff.....I see a lot of people with similar problems.

Cruton502, did you try to Right Click on NetworkManager icon, (upper right), and see if 'Enable Networking' is checked? And the 'Edit Connections...', ?

[Cruton502]

Ya, 'Enable Networking' is checked and I can click on 'Edit Connections.'

When editing the Auto eth0 connection, I have 'connect automatically' checked, MTU automatic, IPv4 settings are set to DHCP.