This is probably going to look like I'm out of control but I don't know if this got posted to the list.
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Russel Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry. It did it again. > > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Russel Caldwell <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sorry in the delay of the reply. I've been preoccupied with getting ready >> for school. >> >> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Charles Curley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Russ, please reply to the list so we keep a record in case anyone else >>> see this problem, and also so other folks can pitch in if they know >>> something I don't (a vast domain). Thanks >>> >>> >> Sorry about that. I thought I just hit reply so I'm not sure what >> happened. >> >> >>> > > >>> > > Wired? Wireless? Chipset? Driver? Ubuntu 10.4 "good buddy" or Ubuntu >>> > > 10.10 "mendacious meerkat"? >>> > > >>> > > I know wireless doesn't work. When I plugged it in to a wired >>> > > connection it >>> > didn't seem to work either. >>> >>> What do you mean by "didn't seem to work"? Did you get a link light on >>> both the computer (assuming it has one; most do) and the switch? Did >>> the link lights agree on the data rates (i.e. both agree that the >>> connection is, say, gigabit)? >>> >>> If you got a link light, did you get an IP address? "ifconfig" for that. >>> >>> >> The link light and the switch light don't go on. >> >> >>> Hmmm, that's interesting. The wired and wireless stuff should not have >>> hardware or drivers in common, which makes me wonder if Network Manager >>> is crashing. Run this command now, and note the results: >>> >>> ps aux | grep Network >>> >>> My results look like: >>> >>> r...@dragon:~# ps aux | grep Network >>> root 928 0.0 0.1 19252 1784 ? Ssl Dec26 1:10 >>> NetworkManager >>> root 2746 0.0 0.0 4012 744 pts/2 S+ 17:10 0:00 grep >>> --color=auto Network >>> root 22085 0.0 0.0 2296 468 ? S Dec28 0:00 >>> /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf >>> /var/run/dhclient-eth1.pid -lf >>> /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient-fd700ea5-35ec-44b1-ba7a-d200380ccce7-eth1.lease -cf >>> /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth1.conf eth1 >>> r...@dragon:~# >>> >>> This is the results when I run the command: >> r...@rlc:~$ ps aux | grep Network >> root 843 0.0 0.1 8640 3792 ? Ss 16:02 0:00 >> NetworkManager >> rlc 1513 0.0 0.0 3328 876 pts/0 S+ 16:10 0:00 grep >> --color=auto Network >> >> >> >>> First you need to know the name of the device. "lspci" E.g. I have: >>> >>> The results are: >> 10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] >> Network Connection (rev 02) >> 18:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit >> Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) >> >> >>> "lsmod | less" will give you a complete list of all the modules you are >>> running at the time. >>> >>> It looks like the wireless module is iwl3945. If I were to guess for the >> ethernet, it would be i915. I did cut some of the results that looked to be >> obviously something else such as sound and video. >> Module Size Used by >> nls_iso8859_1 3249 0 >> nls_cp437 4919 0 >> binfmt_misc 6587 1 >> tpm_infineon 7745 0 >> fbcon 35102 71 >> arc4 1153 2 >> pcmcia 30784 0 >> iwl3945 68727 0 >> i915 287458 3 >> iwlcore 106050 1 iwl3945 >> drm_kms_helper 29329 1 i915 >> ppdev 5259 0 >> tpm_tis 7422 0 >> yenta_socket 20408 1 >> rsrc_nonstatic 10015 1 yenta_socket >> mac80211 205402 2 iwl3945,iwlcore >> drm 162409 4 i915,drm_kms_helper >> i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915 >> parport_pc 25962 1 >> tpm 13484 2 tpm_infineon,tpm_tis >> tpm_bios 5266 1 tpm >> pcmcia_core 32964 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic >> serio_raw 3978 0 >> input_polldev 2482 1 lis3lv02d >> led_class 2864 3 iwl3945,iwlcore,hp_accel >> cfg80211 126528 3 iwl3945,iwlcore,mac80211 >> intel_agp 24375 2 i915 >> agpgart 31724 2 drm,intel_agp >> lp 7028 0 >> parport 32635 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp >> ohci1394 26950 0 >> ieee1394 81181 1 ohci1394 >> tg3 109324 0 >> >> > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
