After much troubleshooting - I finally gave up on this thread. Will start a new thread targeting specific hardware.
Thanks
I have 2 desktop machines. Both have bad onboard NIC's so I replaced them with add-on cards. I knew something was wrong when the live CD would not access ethernet. Said it was unavailable. It was in loopback with the cable plugged in. Both machines would not connect past my router. Both add-on cards are seen, drivers according to the manufacturer are correct. I have changed networkmanager.conf and interface files to read as a managed system - auto eth0 , yada,yada,yada. The thing is, all I've googled on the internet leads me back to a big ZERO. I installed the livecd using a usb wireless TxRx - plugged it in, it works. Tried another usb transceiver, it also works flawlessly without touching a thing. Go to network manager to activate wired networking and the network manager interface disappears and is no longer functional. Both machines. This happened on an IBM laptop, very same symptoms but the laptop fixed itself after a reboot.
Seems this is an ongoing problem for years? At least the threads go back until 2008. The ones marked solved are useless.
What information do I need to furnish to get a little help? I would like to do one machine - that will fix the other.
God bless,
Mel
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richyrich
Re: Wired ethernet not working
The ONLY thing I can think of, is for you to check the system BIOS to see if you can disable the onboard nic . . 
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melhadden
Re: Wired ethernet not working
that's the first thing I did - disable any onboard. One machine - HP had wireless card installed that worked flawlessly everytime but we don't want to use wireless anymore - removed the PCI card from mommy. Disabled onboard wireless and NIC on the HP. Replaced with DLink 530TX+ ( it is seen and recognized in lshw - drivers are for VIA chipset 530TX+ model. My other box is a frankenstein I pieced together for my son. The onboard frankenstein NIC went bad months ago and I've been using an add-on card running Windows - we don't want to use Windows anymore either.richyrich wrote:The ONLY thing I can think of, is for you to check the system BIOS to see if you can disable the onboard nic . .
As soon as I booted either machine with liveCD i knew it was gonna be bad, No wired ethernet - the ethernet was not functioning even though netwreck manager said it was hooked up so I had to use the thumbdrive wifi adaptos on both machines. I'll have to plug in the usb TxRx to the frankenstein to get and send any configuration readout needed..and after messing around with the network interface for about ten minutes, the wireless finally started working again but only if the ethernet cable is unplugged. - output below:
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READOUT of $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: xxxxxx-HPE-410f Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: HPE-410f
Mobo: FOXCONN model: 2AB1 version: DVT Bios: American Megatrends version: 6.07 date: 05/04/2011
CPU: Hexa core AMD Phenom II X6 1045T (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) bmips: 32401.5
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz 3: 800.00 MHz 4: 800.00 MHz 5: 800.00 MHz 6: 2700.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1024x768@75.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce 9500 GT/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 331.113 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d800 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Atheros AR9271 802.11n driver: ath9k_htc usb-ID: 0cf3:9271
IF: wlan1 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (0.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST31000528AS size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 909G used: 5.4G (1%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 8.59GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 24.9C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:57C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 207 Uptime: 8 min Memory: 924.9/7985.1MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
The driver for network card is correct - this is a simple one boot linux machine - why is this eth0 so hard to get right?
Is it network manager problem?
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melhadden
Re: Wired ethernet not working
I only have internet access with ethernet cable unplugged. Plug it in and internet goes away unless the wireless takes over.
I also have an unmanaged smart switch between HP and router but my main desktop running win 7 64 is hooked up right next to the HP's cable. No problem with it at all. Switch app shows incoming requests from HP, no errors, ping goes as far as my gateway then stops when the ethernet decides to try to operate. Normally when it does decide to hard-wire itself there is no actual internet connection. Ping 8.8.8.8 goes nowhere.
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READOUT of $ ifconfig -a (cable unplugged)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:e0:4c:68:00:50
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:431 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:28060 (28.0 KB) TX bytes:43675 (43.6 KB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:3407 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3407 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:254475 (254.4 KB) TX bytes:254475 (254.4 KB)
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 68:1c:a2:01:bd:58
inet addr:192.168.0.109 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::6a1c:a2ff:fe01:bd58/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1665 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1266 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:789011 (789.0 KB) TX bytes:322156 (322.1 KB)I also have an unmanaged smart switch between HP and router but my main desktop running win 7 64 is hooked up right next to the HP's cable. No problem with it at all. Switch app shows incoming requests from HP, no errors, ping goes as far as my gateway then stops when the ethernet decides to try to operate. Normally when it does decide to hard-wire itself there is no actual internet connection. Ping 8.8.8.8 goes nowhere.
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melhadden
Re: Wired ethernet not working
Just for grins, I booted the HP machine with linuxmint 13 mate 64 bit. No ethernet recognized w/liveCD. NoJoy
Re-installed mint 17 mate 64bit. Same deal, no hard-wire access. No wireless access with ethernet cable plugged in. Reboots are long waiting for network setup routine ( it is unsuccessful) If ethernet cord is plugged in, there is no internet, Wireless only so far - which in these days works great. Back in the 1990's it was the other way around - ethernet only, wireless hard as hell to get working. We have regressed.
anyways, I have a new fresh install with a crippled network manager
NIC card (eth0) for network is the one installed, driver OK wireless usb is working. I'm using the HP to post this message - wireless only. No ethernet. Plug the eth cable in, wireless access goes away, network manager becomes a ghost (greyed out) NM stops dead. Have to reboot and restart NM for any kind of internet access which is...wireless. We don't want any wireless at all.
Re-installed mint 17 mate 64bit. Same deal, no hard-wire access. No wireless access with ethernet cable plugged in. Reboots are long waiting for network setup routine ( it is unsuccessful) If ethernet cord is plugged in, there is no internet, Wireless only so far - which in these days works great. Back in the 1990's it was the other way around - ethernet only, wireless hard as hell to get working. We have regressed.
anyways, I have a new fresh install with a crippled network manager
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HPE-410f ~ $ sudo lshw
hpe-410f
description: Desktop Computer
product: HPE-410f (xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
serial: xxxxxxxxxxxxx2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop family=103C_53316J G=D sku=BM424AA#ABA uuid=A1EC5AC9-7792-F904-C25B-03E34D4DE514
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 2AB1
vendor: FOXCONN
physical id: 0
version: DVT
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 6.07
date: 05/04/2011
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
slot: CPU 1
size: 800MHz
capacity: 3200MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter cpufreq
configuration: cores=6 enabledcores=6
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 768KiB
capacity: 768KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 3MiB
capacity: 3MiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L3-Cache
size: 6MiB
capacity: 6MiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: f
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 8GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
product: M378B5673FH0-CH9
vendor: Samsung
physical id: 0
serial: 68FD5463
slot: DIMM1
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
product: M378B5673FH0-CH9
vendor: Samsung
physical id: 1
serial: 77EEC798
slot: DIMM2
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
product: M378B5673FH0-CH9
vendor: Samsung
physical id: 2
serial: 76FD5463
slot: DIMM3
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
product: M378B5673FH0-CH9
vendor: Samsung
physical id: 3
serial: 3BFD5463
slot: DIMM4
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: RS880 Host Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0)
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:faf00000-fdffffff ioport:d0000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G96 [GeForce 9500 GT]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:43 memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fc000000-fdffffff ioport:c800(size=128) memory:faf80000-faffffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 4)
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fea00000-feafffff ioport:f9e00000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 06
serial: 00:e0:4c:68:00:50
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:42 ioport:d800(size=256) memory:feaff000-feafffff memory:f9efc000-f9efffff
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=64
resources: irq:22 ioport:b000(size=8) ioport:a000(size=4) ioport:9000(size=8) ioport:8000(size=4) ioport:7000(size=16) memory:fe9ffc00-fe9fffff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:fe9fe000-fe9fefff
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 12.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:fe9fd000-fe9fdfff
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 12.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:fe9ff800-fe9ff8ff
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:fe9fc000-fe9fcfff
*-usb:4
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 13.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:fe9fb000-fe9fbfff
*-usb:5
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 13.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:19 memory:fe9ff400-fe9ff4ff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: SBx00 SMBus Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 3c
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ht cap_list
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:fe9f4000-fe9f7fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k10temp
resources: irq:0
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Link Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST31000528AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: HP35
serial: 5VP5TXS2
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=000b5d15
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: a1e159b1-d8c9-45a0-8479-ce39a9aaff25
size: 923GiB
capacity: 923GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2015-05-08 20:26:47 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2015-05-09 06:37:17 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2015-05-09 06:37:17 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 8190MiB
capacity: 8190MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 8190MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: BDDVDRW CH20L
vendor: hp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: BC33
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-scsi:2
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@2:6
logical name: scsi4
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/sdc
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-disk:2
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.2
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.2
logical name: /dev/sdd
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-disk:3
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.3
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.3
logical name: /dev/sde
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-power UNCLAIMED
product: Standard Efficiency
physical id: 1
capacity: 32768mWh
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 68:1c:a2:01:bd:58
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k_htc driverversion=3.13.0-37-generic firmware=1.3 ip=192.168.0.109 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn-
melhadden
Re: Wired ethernet not working
A third desktop I have. Installed linuxmint 17 mate 32bit. Used 'forcepae' during install. Network manager acts much better in the 32 bit version. None of the choices are greyed out when you rt click the network icon. You can actually turn the wireless and hardwire off, either one back on with no problem except there is no eth0 internet access. This is an older machine using an intel mobile processor. Overall Linux works extremely well except for the hard wire function.
lshw of this machine
Any kind of help would really be appreciated. The HP machine I downgraded network manager to the previous version. No joy.
lshw of this machine
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N4L-VM-ASUS-DH ~ $ sudo lshw
-n4l-vm-asus-dh
description: Desktop Computer
product: N4L-VM-ASUS-DH (To Be Filled By O.E.M.)
vendor: System manufacturer
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 family=To Be Filled By O.E.M. sku=To Be Filled By O.E.M. uuid=00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: N4L-VM DH
vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev 1.xx
serial: MB-1234567890
slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 0907
date: 08/28/2007
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.15.6
serial: 0000-06F6-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: Socket 479
size: 996MHz
capacity: 2GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 166MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 32KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 4MiB
capacity: 4MiB
capabilities: internal write-back instruction
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 30
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
product: PartNum0
vendor: Manufacturer0
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum0
slot: DIMM0
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:1
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
product: PartNum1
vendor: Manufacturer1
physical id: 1
serial: SerNum1
slot: DIMM1
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-cpu:1
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@1
version: 6.15.6
serial: 0000-06F6-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 996MHz
capacity: 996MHz
capabilities: vmx ht cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
capabilities: logical
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:ffa80000-ffafffff ioport:ec00(size=8) memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:ffa40000-ffa7ffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:44 memory:ffa34000-ffa37fff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:80000000-803fffff ioport:bfe00000(size=1048576)
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:ff700000-ff7fffff ioport:80400000(size=2097152)
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: storage pm pciexpress ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:ff7fe000-ff7fffff memory:ff7e0000-ff7effff
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pata_jmicron latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:cc00(size=8) ioport:c880(size=4) ioport:c800(size=8) ioport:c480(size=4) ioport:c400(size=16)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:ff600000-ff6fffff ioport:80600000(size=2097152)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 00
serial: 00:17:31:37:ac:5a
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=2.3.2-k duplex=full firmware=0.5-1 ip=192.168.0.108 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:43 memory:ff6e0000-ff6fffff ioport:bc00(size=32)
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:d800(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:d880(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:dc00(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:e000(size=32)
*-usb:4
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:ffa3b800-ffa3bbff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: e2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: memory:ff800000-ff8fffff
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx]
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:04:03.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
resources: irq:21 memory:ff8ff800-ff8fffff memory:ff8f8000-ff8fbfff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
vendor: Ralink corp.
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:04:09.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 00:1f:1f:38:97:c4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61pci driverversion=3.13.0-24-generic firmware=0.8 ip=192.168.0.111 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:21 memory:ff8f0000-ff8f7fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801GHM (ICH7-M DH) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:ffa0(size=16)
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:e880(size=8) ioport:e800(size=4) ioport:e480(size=8) ioport:e400(size=4) ioport:e080(size=16) memory:ffa3bc00-ffa3bfff
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:400(size=32)
*-scsi:0
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: Maxtor 6Y160P0
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: YAR4
serial: Y4848JFE
size: 152GiB (163GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=0000bafd
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 98d9db9f-9c17-4416-be91-b866b0972d84
size: 150GiB
capacity: 150GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2015-05-09 11:18:00 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2015-05-09 14:30:44 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2015-05-09 14:30:44 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 2046MiB
capacity: 2046MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 2046MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-scsi:1
physical id: 3
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: CDDVDW SH-222BB
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: SB00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
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richyrich
Re: Wired ethernet not working
With three machines having this problem, it sounds more like a network cable problem. Or the port you are using on your router.
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melhadden
Re: Wired ethernet not working
nope all ports are good, all my cables are good, any bad cables are recycled. I'm using the same port as the switch where my main computer is hard wired to. I've taken the switch out of the circuit and hooked cable directly to the router - all 4 ports on the router work fine. There is nothing wrong with my equipment. I'm a retired electronics tech - been messing with computers since Bill Gates got out of diapers. Never had this much problem with any kind of network. I CAN make it work but that will be a patch not an overall fix.richyrich wrote:With three machines having this problem, it sounds more like a network cable problem. Or the port you are using on your router.
Network manager and it's interface is the problem. the 32 bit distro of network manager acts differently than the 64 bit version. My thinking is the routine to setup ethernet is broken in linux. All distros I've used so far has problems with the ethernet. Wireless is flawless no matter what kind of dangle I use. Ethernet? NOPE. This does make sense though, nowadays everything is wireless hence no attention paid to ethernet. If you never hook up to a hard wire port you will never know there is a problem.
Again, I can ping up to my cable modem using the hard-wire but nothing past that. Any changes made to rectify the situation "grey's out" NM interface on two machines. Machine running 32 bit version acts much differently than what is packaged with the 64 bit distroRestarting gives "waiting for network config" 60 seconds more, log-in. No network. Network Manager is not running. Restart the service and wireless works but no ethernet. DHCP leases are for the maximum time allowed by my gateway. Lease was set for 2 hrs.
Reading the other posts on this problem it looks like I'm not alone. Wonder if they have a bad cable?
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richyrich
Re: Wired ethernet not working
then you know this means that your computers are timing out waiting for a reply from your router.waiting for network config
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melhadden
Re: Wired ethernet not working
All of them? I have several laptops that I've never even tried hard wiring but all of the laptops act the same way. No ethernet access without tweaking almost everything suggested but on reboot, network manager has to be restarted. The problem is with network manager and its' interaction with various layers.richyrich wrote:then you know this means that your computers are timing out waiting for a reply from your router.waiting for network config
other computers that are hardwired running Windows - using the very same cable I used for the linux machines - no problem w/ethernet. Laptops that do not access eth0 under linux runs just fine and dandy under Windows, no tweaking. Problem is with network manager
Something is stopping the miracle from happening
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melhadden
Re: Wired ethernet not working <SOLVED> almost
richyrich's suggestions led me to troubleshooting my network. LOST it all (could not access cable modem via IP) for 4 hrs but finally reset everything back to where I have access on all ethernet ports, all router ports and switch ports - as it was before I messed with it 
Grabbed the HP box, took out new network card - reset mom back to fac defaults, booted on liveUSB mint 17 mate 64 with only the ethernet cable hooked to onboard NIC, and now the HP eth0 works fine. Install went well. And I'm using the HP box to write this using onboard NIC. I touched not a thing during install.
The machine with moblie processor NIC works. Re-installed. All OK. Frankenstein box is next.
Thanks richyrich for getting me off my behind and start messing with stuff I don't really know what or if something was wrong - connections & cables were all good but everything works now KNOCKing on TREEs
could have been an intermittent connection somewhere along the line.
BUT NOW after the very first mint update, NM is gone - eth0 gone. Read about downgrading NM because the first update has a bug but that doesn't work either. Will re-install with no updates and see what I got.
Thank you,
Mel
Grabbed the HP box, took out new network card - reset mom back to fac defaults, booted on liveUSB mint 17 mate 64 with only the ethernet cable hooked to onboard NIC, and now the HP eth0 works fine. Install went well. And I'm using the HP box to write this using onboard NIC. I touched not a thing during install.
The machine with moblie processor NIC works. Re-installed. All OK. Frankenstein box is next.
Thanks richyrich for getting me off my behind and start messing with stuff
I don't really know what or if something was wrong - connections & cables were all good but everything works now KNOCKing on TREEscould have been an intermittent connection somewhere along the line.
BUT NOW after the very first mint update, NM is gone - eth0 gone. Read about downgrading NM because the first update has a bug but that doesn't work either. Will re-install with no updates and see what I got.
Thank you,
Mel