Ethernet Problem with VL 5.9 Standard - SOLVED

[Martin109]

Having successfully got ethernet working via cable on one laptop, I've now installed the same VL 5.9 on a much newer laptop, which I believe has bluetooth.  However, I can't get ethernet at all, even via cable.

The command lspci | grep eth produces nothing.

The command lsmod | grep bluetooth produces:

bluetooth                     48484   1   hci_usb

I also have a Cisco Aironet adapter available, but this is also not being seen.

What's the best way to proceed?  I don't really mind at this stage whether internet is cabled or wireless.

[rbistolfi]

The first would be to post the full output of lspci. Your NIC should be there, maybe "eth" is not present in the lspci output, but could give some other info about youe nic card. Same for the wireless adapter, try lspcmcia to find it. The output of lsmod might be usefull too.

[Martin109]

Thanks!  That will take some time, as the removable hard drive I have doesn't seem to register with this laptop, so I'll have to try a pendrive to get the data from one laptop to the other.  Otherwise, I'd have to transcribe it all, and I don't think I've got the patience to do that!

[Martin109]

The command lspcmcia gives no output whatsoever.

The command lsmod gives the following output:

Module                  Size  Used by
acpi_cpufreq            7880  0
freq_table              4768  1 acpi_cpufreq
lp                     10888  0
parport_pc             37092  1
parport                32072  2 lp,parport_pc
i915                   23296  2
drm                    74388  3 i915
snd_seq_dummy           3716  0
snd_seq_oss            32128  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7168  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48720  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7692  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            38048  0
snd_mixer_oss          15232  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0           29980  2
snd_ac97_codec         98084  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                2944  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                69764  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              19972  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    45796  14 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
hci_usb                15772  0
bluetooth              48484  1 hci_usb
soundcore               7008  1 snd
serio_raw               6276  0
iTCO_wdt                9640  0
snd_page_alloc          8712  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_i801                8592  0
shpchp                 30228  0
i2c_core               20992  1 i2c_i801
pci_hotplug            28616  1 shpchp
intel_agp              22164  1
agpgart                28108  3 drm,intel_agp
evdev                   8704  0

The command lspci gives the following output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)

[Martin109]

I think I've solved this by changing mount options from VL-Hot to HAL.

I'm now on the internet via cable and am writing this with the machine in question.  Also, my Cisco Systems Aironet card is at least showing a green light, which it wasn't before, so maybe I'll be able to go on to configure this at a later date.

The command 'lspci' now shows the ethernet controller.

Thanks for the help.