Eth0 Disappeared?

[RealityRipple]

So I went to get on Kubuntu today after being off it for a week or two, and to my surprise, my network card was gone. I'm running K8.04 x64, and using this motherboard (Realtek 8111C onboard NIC). Being inexperienced with Linux drivers and hardware settings, I can't figure out how to enable it or find out what's wrong or anything. Any help would be lovely.

[walfred]

Re: Eth0 Disappeared?

This is not a common situation, drivers are set at installation and they should be loaded on demand.
In my case, the chipset used on my NIC is via rhine, so I can check the modules (drivers) are really loaded running

lsmod | grep rhine

If this tip does not help, have a second try

lsmod | grep mii

Any prints? no, perhaps your problem could be physical. Last year I had to change my NIC card, it was gone after a 4 years old short life...

What about booting Kubuntu Live CD/DVD? does the NIC work?

[RealityRipple]

Re: Eth0 Disappeared?

Sorry, should have mentioned this is a multi-boot computer and the NIC works fine on both Windows OS's...

Tried both of those with no result... so I did a full lsmod instead and:

Module         Size Used by
binfmt_misc      14860 1
rfcomm         47392 2
l2cap         28800 13 rfcomm
bluetooth       67748 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev         11400 0
powernow_k8      16608 1
cpufreq_userspace    6180 0
cpufreq_ondemand    11152 1
cpufreq_conservative  10632 0
cpufreq_powersave    3200 0
cpufreq_stats      8416 0
freq_table       6464 3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
video         23444 0
output         5632 1 video
container        6656 0
sbs          17808 0
sbshc          8960 1 sbs
dock          12960 0
battery        16776 0
iptable_filter     4608 0
ip_tables       24104 1 iptable_filter
x_tables        23560 1 ip_tables
aes_x86_64       26920 0
dm_crypt        16776 0
dm_mod         71160 1 dm_crypt
ac           8328 0
sbp2          27272 0
parport_pc       41128 0
lp           14916 0
parport        44300 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
snd_seq_dummy      5764 0
saa7134_alsa      17248 1
quickcam        77736 0
snd_seq_oss      38912 0
snd_hda_intel     440408 2
fglrx        1804800 24
snd_seq_midi      10688 0
snd_pcm_oss      47648 0
snd_mixer_oss     20224 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_usb_audio     100384 2
snd_usb_lib      21120 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi      29856 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_usb_lib
saa7134        152280 1 saa7134_alsa
snd_seq_midi_event   10112 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_pcm        92168 4 saa7134_alsa,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio
serio_raw        9092 0
snd_seq        63232 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_page_alloc     13200 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep       12552 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio
compat_ioctl32     11136 1 saa7134
videobuf_dma_sg    17028 2 saa7134_alsa,saa7134
videobuf_core     22020 2 saa7134,videobuf_dma_sg
ir_kbd_i2c       12560 1 saa7134
snd_timer       27912 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device     10644 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ir_common       39812 2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
psmouse        46236 0
videodev        30720 2 quickcam,saa7134
v4l2_common      21888 3 saa7134,compat_ioctl32,videodev
v4l1_compat      15492 2 saa7134,videodev
button         10912 0
i2c_piix4       11148 0
snd          70856 24 snd_seq_dummy,saa7134_alsa,snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
wmi_acer        11076 0
k8temp         7680 0
shpchp         38172 0
pci_hotplug      34608 1 shpchp
soundcore       10400 1 snd
i2c_core        28544 3 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c,i2c_piix4
evdev         14976 4
pcspkr         4992 0
ext3         149264 1
jbd          57000 1 ext3
mbcache        11392 1 ext3
sg           41880 0
sr_mod         20132 0
cdrom         41512 1 sr_mod
atiixp         6672 0 [permanent]
sd_mod         33280 6
ide_core       136600 1 atiixp
ata_generic       9988 0
pata_acpi        9856 0
usbhid         35296 0
hid          44992 1 usbhid
ohci1394        36532 0
ieee1394       106968 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ahci          33028 4
pata_atiixp      10496 0
libata        176432 4 ata_generic,pata_acpi,ahci,pata_atiixp
ehci_hcd        41996 0
ohci_hcd        27524 0
r8169         36612 0
usbcore        169904 7 quickcam,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
scsi_mod       178488 5 sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal        19744 0
processor       41448 2 powernow_k8,thermal
fan           6792 0
fbcon         46336 0
tileblit        4096 1 fbcon
font          10112 1 fbcon
bitblit         7424 1 fbcon
softcursor       3712 1 bitblit
fuse          56112 5

[walfred]

Re: Eth0 Disappeared?

humm, no drivers loaded for NICs.
Listen, try posting 'lspci' please, just to have a look at it.

I searched a little and seems there is a problem with that particular NIC.
Check it here.
Well, try to follow the instructions, specially what is written on the last posts. Daniel Serpell reports the thing works and good luck.

PS: be patient, don't get mad. This is the price for choosing a door instead of being ruled by windows...