Mint suddenly cannot connect to wired network
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:54 am
I am not an experienced Linux user, I use Linux Mint Isadora on a media server. Last night it was connecting to my network fine, I updated some packages and then shut down. This morning I keep getting the message that there is no cable connected to the network. I cannot believe that the ethernet patch cable to the router failed overnight and I have double and triple checked the cable is actually plugged in. I am assuming that the fault somehow lies with the drivers for the MoBo ethernet port. Obviously as Christmas loom I really need to be able to stream music and films from my NAS to the HD TV connected to the Mint computer.
Any help would be appreciated, but please bear in mind that as far as Mint is concerned I am a babe in arms.
I pulled up the follwing information to help with diagnosing the problem:
bilbo@AE-135 ~ $ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: disconnected
- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: forcedeth
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: 00:1E:8C:68:D9:96
Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s
Wired Properties
Carrier: on
bilbo@AE-135 ~ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
bilbo@AE-135 ~ $ inxi Fc 0
CPU[-Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (SMP) clocked at 2613.486 Mhz-] Kernel[-2.6.32-21-generic i686-] Up[-47 min-] Mem[-348.5/3276.0MB-] HDD[-1420.2GB(4.2% used)-] Procs[-162-] Client[-Shell-] inxi[-1.3.2-]
Version:
Kernel Linux 2.6.32-21generic (i686)
Compiled #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC2010
C Library GNU C library version 2.11.1 (stable)
Default C Compiler GNU C Compiler version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5.1
Distribution Linux Mint 9 Isadora
History of updates:
Date Level Package New Version
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 mysql-common 5.1.66-Oubuntu0.10.04.3
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 libmysqlclient16 5.1.66-Oubuntu0.10.04.3
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 gimp 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.6
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 gimp-data 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.6
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 libgimp2.0 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.6
Any help would be appreciated, but please bear in mind that as far as Mint is concerned I am a babe in arms.
I pulled up the follwing information to help with diagnosing the problem:
bilbo@AE-135 ~ $ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: disconnected
- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: forcedeth
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: 00:1E:8C:68:D9:96
Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s
Wired Properties
Carrier: on
bilbo@AE-135 ~ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
bilbo@AE-135 ~ $ inxi Fc 0
CPU[-Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (SMP) clocked at 2613.486 Mhz-] Kernel[-2.6.32-21-generic i686-] Up[-47 min-] Mem[-348.5/3276.0MB-] HDD[-1420.2GB(4.2% used)-] Procs[-162-] Client[-Shell-] inxi[-1.3.2-]
Version:
Kernel Linux 2.6.32-21generic (i686)
Compiled #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC2010
C Library GNU C library version 2.11.1 (stable)
Default C Compiler GNU C Compiler version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5.1
Distribution Linux Mint 9 Isadora
History of updates:
Date Level Package New Version
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 mysql-common 5.1.66-Oubuntu0.10.04.3
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 libmysqlclient16 5.1.66-Oubuntu0.10.04.3
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 gimp 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.6
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 gimp-data 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.6
11 Dec 2012 02:11:24 3 libgimp2.0 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.6