<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">For the ethernet adapter, I would check and see if a bootable thumb drive has the same behavior. This may be a hardware-related issue and ruling that out might be a good first step.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Were there any recent kernel or system updates that would have affected how your drives are identified? Bios setting?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 12:38 AM Jim via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I have a Dell Optiplex 7010 that has a couple of problems I'm trying to <br>
get sorted. It has Kubuntu 20.04 with 32GB RAM. The ssd it boots from <br>
is less than half full. Over the weekend the Ethernet adapter which is <br>
on the motherboard started acting up. When I first boot the machine for <br>
the day, it doesn't detect the Ethernet adapter. I first replaced the <br>
cable connecting it to the router, but that didn't bring the network <br>
back. I rebooted the machine and it detected the Ethernet adapter. <br>
Now every time I reboot it, there's no network, and I have to reboot it <br>
again to the the network. Any idea what might be causing this? If the <br>
Ethernet adapter is going bad, would a USB Ethernet adapter or an <br>
internal one that uses the PCI slot be better?<br>
<br>
Now for the other problem. The device notifier is supposed to pop up <br>
showing the storage device I plugged in and give me the option to mount <br>
it. Several months ago it started showing every drive in the machine as <br>
a removable drive and giving me the option to unmount any that are <br>
mounted, including the drives inside the case. I looked online for help <br>
with this and found a change to some config file that would hide those <br>
internal drives. A few days ago I swapped out a drive in it and now <br>
that device notifier doesn't always show drives I attach to the system <br>
to do backups. I can't remember what config file I changed, so I can't <br>
undo whatever it was I did months ago. Does anyone know what I messed up?<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Jim<br>
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