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After some partition shuffling, I've got a problem on my 11.10 system. The wired ethernet interface fails to come up, although the wireless interface is working. I'm using NetworkManager. I thought this may be a problem with NetworkManager, so I checked the config files, which look ok. I then tried re-installing the package, but this didn't resolve the issues. I'm not sure at this point if the problem is due to software configuration, or a hardware problem. I've also tried the cable in other router ports, but same problem.

The symptoms are:-

System settings -> Network reports that the cable is unplugged (it isn't)

ifconfig reports the following

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr f0:4d:a2:a2:a7:fe  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:792 (792.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:46 Base address:0xe000

My /etc/network/interfaces file has the following:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

My /etc/resolv.conf file has the following:

# Generated by NetworkManager

The router's red light is on for this port

dmesg reports:

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Eric Carvalho
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Probably there is a problem with the driver. First figure out which driver you are using. On my system, for example, it's the e1000e driver. I can see the name "pci:e1000e" in the listing of /sys/class/net/eth0/device/driver/module/drivers/. The driver name will appear in the module list obtained from the "lsmod" command. Search for this name in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux. If you don't find a bug report that describes your case then use apport-bug to open a new bug report against the "linux" package. Include the information above and make sure to say what Ethernet controller you have, as revealed by the lspci command.

jdthood
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  • Many thanks for this, it was a driver problem. I downloaded the official driver from the Realtek website, after looking at this page. Followed the instructions there and it solved my problem. https://unixblogger.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/the-pain-of-an-realtek-rtl8111rtl8168-ethernet-card/

    Thanks once again!

     – Andrew Fielden Dec 09 '12 at 12:22
  • Also note that after a kernel update, you will have to follow the above procedure to insert the driver module into the kernel. – Andrew Fielden Dec 24 '12 at 13:28