From 10.04 32bit to 10.10 64bit with raid and I can't get wired internet to work

[Alcareru]

Hi
Because I wanted to have RAID I had to use the alternate install disc. I also decided to opt for the 64 bit version as well at this time. I can plug in a 32 bit live ubuntu and the internet works out of box. But on the 64 bit alternate HDD install dhcp gets no response. But the problem isn't really in dhcp I suppose as eth0 wont work with static settings either. It's like the card isn't working? Any thoughts?

EDIT: See the last post for a summary.

[johnmay]

There is a slight possibility that your nic is not supported in 64 bit. Does it show up in Network Connections at all? I am currently using 10.10 on one of my machines and have had no problem with it, worked out of the box. I would try reinstalling the network config files, though I don't know the names of them. There is a decent tutorial here: Tutorial on nix craft.

try ifconfig or ifconfig eth0 to see if the card is recognized.

[uncaspi]

if it's not detected it's probably a driver problem.

[johnmay]

Can you post the results of ifconfig?

[Alcareru]

There is a slight possibility that your nic is not supported in 64 bit. Does it show up in Network Connections at all? I am currently using 10.10 on one of my machines and have had no problem with it, worked out of the box. I would try reinstalling the network config files, though I don't know the names of them. There is a decent tutorial here: Tutorial on nix craft.

try ifconfig or ifconfig eth0 to see if the card is recognized.

Ok. I think I just confirmed it's a 64bit issue. No internet on 64 bit live cd either...

As for what ifconfig says it seems to be all correct. On dhcp the result is this:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:76:da:bc:55
inet6 addr: fe80::216:76ff:feda:bc55/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3410 (3.4 KB) TX bytes:5191 (5.1 KB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:93200000-93220000


If I set up static settings the settings come up just fine with ifconfig eth0 but the connection just doesn't work.

lspci tells me:
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02)

lshw tells me:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:16:76:da:bc:55
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k4 firmware=1.1-0 latency=0 multicast=yes
resources: irq:47 memory:93200000-9321ffff memory:93224000-93224fff ioport:30e0(size=32)



lscpu tells me:
lscpu
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
CPU(s): 2
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 2
CPU socket(s): 1
NUMA node(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 15
Stepping: 6
CPU MHz: 2394.000
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 4096K

[Alcareru]

P.S. I was just about to say that it did actually work once and then I thgouth that it worked when I booted to the installed os from the live cd. I did that again and it works again. So magically internet works if I use the live cd for booting? What's with that?

[Alcareru]

Ok I'm getting officially pissed off here. After I managed to get internet working I ofc did some updateds. Now after that new kernel update I can't get internet working. Not even if I boot using the live cd.

[albtross]

have you tried to load the driver?

sudo modprode r8169

I have similar issue after upgrading 10.04 to 10.10 (64bit), where I have to keep loading the driver with the command above every time I reboot - very frustrating
running kernel 2.6.35-23-generic.

doing lots of searches with no success yet

[Alcareru]

have you tried to load the driver?

sudo modprode r8169

I have similar issue after upgrading 10.04 to 10.10 (64bit), where I have to keep loading the driver with the command above every time I reboot - very frustrating
running kernel 2.6.35-23-generic.

doing lots of searches with no success yet

Thanks for the suggestion. However doing:
modprobe -r e1000e && modprobe e1000e
makes no difference. Might be some other module that's not getting loaded properly.. or perhaps it's wrong module or something. I'm not rly too familiar with the modules, but at least modprobe -r e1000e makes ifconfig eth0 fail so I guess I was on to something? Anybody having any more ideas?

[johnmay]

What about the BIOS for you mainboard? Is it the latest and greatest? Looks like your nic is just a generation or two away from mine and I am having no problems. (so far)