On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 16:56:16 -0700 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. Don't apologize to me; it's your problem, and you prioritize it as you see fit. I'm not going to badger you over it. :-) > > > > 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. This time seems to have worked. > > > > > >> > > > >> > > 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. OK, it could be a physical networking problem: broken cable, etc.. Unless someone left the link light off the computer. > > > > > >> 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 OK, looks like NM is there and running. > > > > > > > >> 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 > > pcmcia 30784 0 > > iwl3945 68727 0 > > i915 287458 3 OK, they're there. At this point, I'd guess you have a problem at the physical layer. I'd try a different cable. But that would not explain the lack of wireless. Try this: with the Ethernet unplugged, left click on the NM icon in the right end of the upper panel. If it shows one or more networks available, then at least the interface is working. If there is at least one network, but not the one you are trying to connect to, that's your problem. But I'm grasping at straws here. Someone needs to see the thing. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
