Hi Thomas, below is the output for dmesg root@(none):~# dmesg |grep eth [ 0.153799] HP Compaq Laptop series board detected. Selecting BIOS-method for reboots. [ 0.280509] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f54261e0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110623/psparse-536) [ 0.280528] ACPI: Marking method _OSC as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error [ 0.285444] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f54261e0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110623/psparse-536) [ 0.285624] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f54261e0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110623/psparse-536) [ 0.299126] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy suspend method [ 0.299131] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy resume method [ 1.366562] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95751) rev 4001] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:17:a4:19:c3:46 [ 1.366572] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5750 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0]) [ 1.366580] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] [ 1.366587] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit] [ 1.417492] skge 0000:05:09.0: eth1: addr 00:19:5b:fa:b0:a8 [ 10.802497] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 10.802513] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready [ 11.475544] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 11.671418] udevd[441]: renamed network interface eth1 to eth2 [ 13.179068] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex [ 13.179074] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX [ 13.179224] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 23.648123] eth0: no IPv6 routers present root@(none):~#
and /etc/network/interfaces reads root@(none):~# cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The LAN network interface auto eth1 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.254 network 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 dns-nameservers 41.202.229.140 41.202.229.144 # The INTERNET interface auto eth0 iface eth1 inet static address 1**.1**.*.**2 netmask 255.255.255.252 gateway 1**.1**.**.*** broadcast 1**.1**.**.255 Regards, Michael Muganwa On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Kizito Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > How does the /etc/network/interfaces read? How about dmesg in particular > greping 'eth' > -- > Kind regards; > KTM > +256752602550||+256782062708 > "Mother of God-Pray for us sinners" > > > On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 09:05 +0300, Muganwa Michael wrote: > > Good morning colleagues, > > > > I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I have this gateway running > > ubuntu 12.04 that has been working well for a couple of months but > > yesterday,I got to office and its DLINK PCI ethernet card was down. I > > restarted the server and the interface came up but six hours later it > > did the same thing. I restarted it again but this time it didnt come > > up. I entered "sudo ifconfig eth1 up" but it said device not found. I > > then did an "lshw -c network" and it shows that that device is > > disabled plus its logical name has changed from eth1 to eth2. Any help > > is appreciated. By the way,I opened the machine up,made sure the card > > was firm in its slot and reset the bios but all that didnt help > > either. The output for the two command is pasted below > > > > > > root@(none):~# ifconfig eth1 up > > eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > > root@(none):~# ping www.yahoo.com > > ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com > > root@(none):~# lshw -c network > > *-network > > description: Ethernet interface > > product: NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express > > vendor: Broadcom Corporation > > physical id: 0 > > bus info: pci@0000:40:00.0 > > logical name: eth0 > > version: 01 > > serial: 00:17:a4:19:c3:46 > > size: 100Mbit/s > > capacity: 1Gbit/s > > width: 64 bits > > clock: 33MHz > > capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list > > ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd > > autonegotiation > > configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 > > driverversion=3.121 duplex=full firmware=5751-v3.29a ip=192.168.0.254 > > latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s > > resources: irq:17 memory:f0400000-f040ffff > > *-network DISABLED > > description: Ethernet interface > > product: DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 11) > > vendor: D-Link System Inc > > physical id: 9 > > bus info: pci@0000:05:09.0 > > logical name: eth2 > > version: 11 > > serial: 00:19:5b:fa:b0:a8 > > capacity: 1Gbit/s > > width: 32 bits > > clock: 66MHz > > capabilities: pm vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical > > tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation > > configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=skge > > driverversion=1.14 firmware=N/A latency=32 link=no maxlatency=31 > > mingnt=23 multicast=yes port=twisted pair > > resources: irq:18 memory:f0500000-f0503fff > > ioport:3000(size=256) memory:60000000-6001ffff > > root@(none):~# > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael Muganwa > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
_______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
