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dxxvi

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Registered: 2011-07-23

Posts: 126

Suddenly my wired network card stops working

The card is still good (still working in Windows). lspci shows

Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)

When the machine boots, it says

Error: unknown interface in /etc/rc.conf: eth0

The /etc/rc.conf is still the same for a long time. What can I do with it?

Thanks.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: Suddenly my wired network card stops working

Can you post the output of ip addr  ??
Edit: Are you using the testing repo?  Can you post the output of lsmod as well?

Last edited by ewaller (2012-07-13 03:52:47)

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dxxvi

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Registered: 2011-07-23

Posts: 126

Re: Suddenly my wired network card stops working

Can you post the output of ip addr  ??
Edit: Are you using the testing repo?  Can you post the output of lsmod as well?

ip addr shows lo only, no eth0

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu ...

I'm not using the testing repo. lsmod shows:

ext4
crc16
jbd2
mbcache
sd_mod
pata_acpi
hid_logitech_dj
usbhid
hid
ata_generic
ata_piix
libata
scsi_mod
ehci_hcd
usbcore
usb_common

I used to see a longer list from lsmod.

Gcool

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 1,456

Re: Suddenly my wired network card stops working

The kernel module for your ethernetcard should be "atl1c" if I'm not mistaken. Try autloading that one by adding it to the MODULES array in /etc/rc.conf.

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swanson

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2011-02-05

Posts: 759

Re: Suddenly my wired network card stops working

It should use the atl1e module. Try modprobe it and then restart the network.