0

I used to be able to connect to wireless networks and wired networks (although my wireless network had problems; see my other question). Then, one day, the section Wired Networks just disappeared! And when I plugin a cable, nothing happens! Why?

Despite having worked a while, the answer below seems to have stopped working for me. Therefore, my question is still active, and I anxiously await any replies.

Community
  • 1
Lyrositor
  • 1,018
  • Can you add some hardware information to your question? http://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-do-i-need-to-look-into – Jorge Castro Dec 26 '10 at 22:31
  • Any specifics? I'm not sure where to start, as I don't know what has changed in the meantime. – Lyrositor Jan 01 '11 at 02:03
  • Anything in those log files that mention networking stuff, like the kind of hardware the network card is, etc. – Jorge Castro Jan 25 '11 at 13:16

1 Answers1

1

Edit /etc/network/interfaces and make sure it looks like this:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0

It sounds like it's blocking network-manager from configuring the interface.

Jonathon
  • 2,481
  • No, wait, it only worked a few hours and a few restarts. Four hours later, I booted up my computer to see that it was as before, and worse: this time, when I checked the file, auto eth0 was still there! So that means the problem lies elsewhere. – Lyrositor Oct 24 '10 at 21:14
  • Hold on... It's back again. What the... – Lyrositor Oct 25 '10 at 01:31
  • when i input the code it says permission denied –  Feb 24 '11 at 17:35
  • You have to have admin rights to edit the file. Use something like gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces – Jonathon Feb 26 '11 at 11:20