auto eth0 not recognized

[som1special2]

I have a gateway LT20 that does not recognize when an ethernet cord is plugged in. Wireless works, but no wired. I use Mint 7, how can I fix this?

[shairozan]

Hey there,

First thing is we need to see if the distro is recognizing the card at all. Post the output from the following terminal command:

ifconfig -a

Then post the output from this command

lspci

If the machine already shows eth0 in ifconfig, then it's already registering the card, and the issue either has something to do with a bad cable, a bad NIC interface, or a bad switchport for whatever you're plugged into.