The only hardware recognized right now on it is the hard drive, the CPU, the bios,The graphics card, mouse pad(no external mice), Laptop Keyboard, and fans, only the built in stuff (well most of it, not the USB Drives, CD/DVD Drives or the sound input/output jacks) why is this? It was working (even the LAN card), Then it stopped.

OS=Ubuntu/Debian Linux
Laptop=IBM Thinkpad 2467 8RU
Processor=Intel Inside Pentium III Mobile
Bios=IBM Bios (not sure the Exact)
Graphic Driver+VESA VBE
LAN Card=Linksys Wireless-G

Do not remember LAN Chipset. the hardware worked before, but just stopped, it is not even telling me firmware needed. The problem has nothing to do with the actual hardware, but ubuntu itself, and i cannot download anything if eth0 is not working either. I went to sound and where it used to say the jack name it is now blank.