[SATLUG] New install Ubuntu 7.04 NIC Realtec 8139 fail

[herb cee]

Henry Pugsley wrote:
> Use mii-tool or ethtool to see which interface actually has link and
> use that for your dhclient command.  You should also make sure that
> you kill all of the running dhclient processes before trying to launch
> it again.  ifdown normally takes care of this, but if you are
> launching dhclient manually then it may not.
>
> -Henry
>   

herb at Celf-FarieForge:~$ sudo ethtool DEVNAME
Settings for DEVNAME:
Cannot get device settings: No such device
Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: No such device
Cannot get message level: No such device
Cannot get link status: No such device
No data available
herb at Celf-FarieForge:~$ sudo ethtool -p
Cannot identify NIC: No such device
herb at Celf-FarieForge:~$

Well that takes us deeper, apparently neither the Via nor the Realtek 
nic is being set at all.  Is there a way to force the rel8139 to link?

So it appears that is why no eth? device is showing in the network 
manager in Gnome only the dsl modem is showing and that makes me wonder 
since the modem is only connected via the hub to the pci-nic in the box 
....mysteries within wheels thang, lol.
> On Nov 25, 2007 7:58 PM, herb cee <hc at lookcee.com> wrote:
>   
>> Thanks Henry that changed results with the CLI but did not work...
>> herb at Celf-FarieForge:~$ sudo ifdown eth1
>> ifdown: interface eth1 not configured
>> herb at Celf-FarieForge:~$ sudo rmmod 8139too
>> herb at Celf-FarieForge:~$ sudo modprobe 8139too media=0x01
>> herb at Celf-FarieForge:~$ sudo dhclient eth1
>> There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 134993416
>> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
>> Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
>> All rights reserved.
>> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
>>
>> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
>> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>> Bind socket to interface: No such device
>> herb at Celf-FarieForge:~$
>>
>> I also tried with eth0 and failed. Suggestions?
>>