Ethernet device not working right

[octopus22]

Have some strange issues on my Acer Aspire 5100 laptop running Ubuntu 9.10 i386.

No wifi device installed in computer now (it was).

Network manager says: "No network devices available"

I want to have shared internet connection from Vista computer, but ethernet not works.

~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: Zonet Zen3200
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:06:01.0
version: 10
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32
resources: ioport:a000(size=256) memory:48001000-480010ff

~$ sudo ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Cannot get device settings: No such device
Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: No such device
Cannot get message level: No such device
Cannot get link status: No such device
No data available

~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Zonet Zen3200 (rev 10)

[chili555]

I think this is supposed to work with a module 8139too. These cards often also load an unnecessary module 8139cp. Let's find out. Please open a terminal and do:

dmesg | grep 8139

Post the result and we'll have a better idea of how to proceed.

[octopus22]

thank you for rapid answer!


nothing happened, just fresh terminal line appeared. seems as command has no output.

[chili555]

That simply means there is nothing in the dmesg log at all with '8139' in the listing. Let's see if we can trigger it. Please do:

sudo modprobe 8139too
ifconfig

Do you now have an eth0 interface? Let's also see the PCI ID for the card and try to verify that it's an 8139xx card:

lspci -nn | grep Ethernet

Is this machine, by any chance, dual-booting with Windows?

[octopus22]

~$ sudo modprobe 8139too
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.

~$ ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

~$ lspci -nn | grep Ethernet
06:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Zonet Zen3200 [10ec:0139] (rev 10)

looks like eth0 is exist, but don't sure mod probe doing all right

[chili555]

We have a real problem here. Neither the 8139too or 8139cp modules support 10ec:0139. Both support 10ec:8139, as you might expect.

I found this: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...t/1519/cat/158

It seems to agree that the 8139cp driver is correct. However, it isn't, obviously.

I have grepped /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.pcimap and find no match for 10ec AND 0139. The pci.id is shown in /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids

I have added some of these details so that searchers or others may learn from our research.

I am continuing to google.

Do you, by chance, have another ethernet card laying around?

[octopus22]

Thank you for help!

This laptop is not dual-boot. Pure linux.
I have no eth card around, thinking about buying a usb wifi to be online.

Btw, pci bus controller send some strange info on computer startup, friend of my tell it can be broken on motherboard. But computer works good, only can't get Eth to work.

[chili555]

pci bus controller send some strange info on computer startup

Let's see if the kernel has any errors or warnings:

dmesg | grep 06:01

[octopus22]

dmesg | grep 06:01
[ 0.211520] pci 0000:06:01.0: reg 10 io port: [0xa000-0xa0ff]
[ 0.211531] pci 0000:06:01.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x0000ff]
[ 0.211600] pci 0000:06:01.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.211602] pci 0000:06:01.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot
[ 0.211608] pci 0000:06:01.0: PME# disabled
[ 0.295011] pci 0000:06:01.0: BAR 1: error updating (0x48001000 != 0x40001000)

some errors exist!

[chili555]

Please reboot your computer. Whe the computer is first starting, you will see a reference to GRUB. You will have three seconds to press Esc and then you will see a menu like the attached. Highlight the top line and press e (for edit). Scroll down to the long line that contains 'quiet splash' and press e. Edit that line to add nolapic. Press Enter to accept the edit and b (for boot).

After the machine boots fully, run:

dmesg | grep 06:01
ifconfig

Any improvement?