Fedora 12 Network Card Issue

[Ryan133]

Hi there, I'm extremely new to Linux so please bare with me...

So, I am on a Gateway NV5942u laptop. I originally had Windows 7 installed, and now I have dual booted a Fedora 12 OS beside Windows 7. The boot works fine, everything is successful.

Except one thing - my network card. Linux cannot seem to detect my network card. I have tried commands such as "ifconfig" and, as advised by my professor, "ifup eth0". None of these have worked. If you need further info, please tell me which commands to punch in and I'll provide you with everything you need.

Keep in mind: I'm so new that I'm just learning how to navigate and make directories and such.

Thanks, Ryan.

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

Just a little FYI to start with, but Fedora 12 is now outdated and will not be receiving any more updates. See here. So unless there is a specific need for Fedora 12, you may want to look into installing a newer version such as 14 or 15.

But if you're needing to work with this version, let's get some info on the system. Open up a terminal and execute the following commands:

lspci

lsmod

ifconfig -a

Post the results back here.

[Ryan133]

Due to the fact that I can't get internet, I may have compatibility issues going from linux to windows on text editors... but here goes!

lspci


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 0044 (rev 1
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 0045 (rev 1
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 68c1
02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device aa60
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
05:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 002e (rev 01)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2c62 (rev 05)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d01 (rev 05)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d10 (rev 05)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d11 (rev 05)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d12 (rev 05)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d13 (rev 05)


lsmod

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 0044 (rev 1
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 0045 (rev 1
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 68c1
02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device aa60
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
05:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 002e (rev 01)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2c62 (rev 05)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d01 (rev 05)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d10 (rev 05)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d11 (rev 05)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d12 (rev 05)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d13 (rev 05)
[rile0056@localhost ~]$ clear

[rile0056@localhost ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
vfat 8744 1
fat 41836 1 vfat
fuse 52712 2
ip6t_REJECT 4620 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 17548 2
ip6table_filter 3168 1
ip6_tables 11144 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 239428 24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand 6160 4
acpi_cpufreq 8848 0
dm_multipath 14472 0
uinput 6852 0
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 3192 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 199204 1
snd_hda_intel 25176 2
snd_hda_codec 60584 3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hd a_intel
snd_hwdep 6900 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq 46960 0
snd_seq_device 6232 1 snd_seq
snd_pcm 64932 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
uvcvideo 51144 0
snd_timer 17992 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 50908 12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
videodev 30160 1 uvcvideo
soundcore 5672 1 snd
i2c_i801 10284 0
v4l1_compat 12312 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_page_alloc 7892 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_core 23160 2 videodev,i2c_i801
tg3 92876 0
joydev 9320 0
wmi 5952 0
usb_storage 46824 1
video 19088 0
output 2468 1 video


ifconfig -a

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:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 b) TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)



And I would love to update Fedora to the latest version, but I've heard it's much easier to do it over the network.
Also... I was wondering if I lack a better kernel. I know I have less than 3, and I've seen a thread or two that said 3.0 has better wireless NIC coverage.

Thanks for reply.

[jayd512]

Actually, the easiest option would be to download a newer version and burn it to a CD/DVD.
You can do this with your Windows computer.

Fedora Project - Download Fedora and try it.

[Ryan133]

Ok, I'll keep it in mind. That aside, any way to detect my Network Card on Fedora 12?

[jayd512]

It was a known bug in Fedora 12 that caused your NIC to go unrecognized.
Taken from Bug 525966.

S0 to get it going, do the following:
Open a terminal and gain root privileges with su -.
Do the following commands:

modprobe -r tg3

modprobe broadcom

modprobe tg3

This will be required after every boot, unless it was patched in a later update.
If that's still the case, follow the steps in comment #21 on that page.