jamesbond wrote:DrDeaf, Your ethernet is supposed to be supported by e1000e module. Try loading it manually (modprobe e1000e) and see if there is any error message in dmesg?
Done! I got access to a wired connection, booted a fresh FD620, ran modprobe and... no cigar. Checking dmesg I found references to e1000e sprinkled about, but the file is quite long and I thought the portion of interest was at the end.
NOTE: I include the immediately previous lines for a base point, and I also
delete the last approx 150 lines which only repeat the last 4 lines shown below!
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ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input10
[drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] 62333952 512-byte logical blocks: (31.9 GB/29.7 GiB)
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 2f 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[drm] Enabling RC6 states: RC6 on, RC6p on, RC6pp off
sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: changing MTU from 1500 to 1492
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: changing MTU from 1492 to 1500
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
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So, curious, I booted again and did not run modprobe. Result, below snipped same as above. Approx. 150 lines that repeat the last 4 lines, just as above.
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ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input10
[drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
[drm] Enabling RC6 states: RC6 on, RC6p on, RC6pp off
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] 62333952 512-byte logical blocks: (31.9 GB/29.7 GiB)
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Mode Sense: 2f 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4
sd 6:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: changing MTU from 1500 to 1492
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: changing MTU from 1492 to 1500
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: changing MTU from 1500 to 1492
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: changing MTU from 1492 to 1500
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
usb 4-1: Disable of device-initiated U1 failed.
usb 4-1: Disable of device-initiated U2 failed.
usb 4-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: changing MTU from 1500 to 1492
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: changing MTU from 1492 to 1500
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
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I won't make this post longer and include a description of the gui experience, but the "supplicant" suggests the module atl2. That doesn't work either.
It might be helpful, so I will mention that the machine is a Thinkpad X230t. I boot from USB, using Grub4Dos with 4 partitions and the media locked "read only". Hope all this is helpful info...
TIA from another "noob"!