Hi Michael, On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > Looks like you're not getting actual link - is the link up? > > sudo mii-tool eth0 > > should see: > > eth0: negotiated 1000baseT-FD flow-control, link ok > > Should also see blinky lights on the nic. > > Do you use a dock with it? They sometimes switch between dock and > build-in causing one or the other not to work or link, even sometimes > getting stuck, but that's usually a driver/os thing. > > -mb > > Good call, this can be hard coded in the /etc/network/interfaces as in my post. > On 06/14/2012 05:20 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Latitude D620. I didn't expect any >> issues based on googling this laptop and Linux. However, I cannot get >> Ethernet or wifi to work. >> >> lspci shows the correct hardware >> >> Ethernet controller; Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigibit >> Ethernet PCI Express (rev 2) >> Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) >> >> I went into Network Connections and added a Wired connection and gave it >> a name and selected the MAc address for eth0 (in the drop down list), >> and selected automatic (DHCP) as the method for iP4 >> >> I looked at /etc/network/interfaces >> auto lo >> iface lo inet loopback >> >> so I tried adding >> >> auto eth0 >> >> but no luck. grep -i eth /var/log/syslog gives >> >> Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver:'tg3' >> ifindex: 2) >> Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): exported as >> /org/freedesktop/**NetworkManager/Devices/0 >> Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): mow managed >> Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): device state change: unmanaged -> >> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 2 0 2] >> Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): bringing up device >> Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): preparing device >> Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): deactivating device (reason >> 'managed') [2] >> kernel: [1815.448547] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready >> kernel: [1815.449321] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready >> >> I looked at some forum posts on how to fix this, and the best I found >> was to edit NetworkManager.conf and set managed=true (it came false out >> of the box). That did not help. >> >> Thanks for any other suggestions you may have! >> >> Mark >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss > -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** Safeway.com Automation Engineer