[TAG] Networking Problem on Hardy Heron

[Ben Okopnik]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 06:44:46PM +0100, Neil Youngman wrote:
> On Saturday 17 May 2008 15:34, Deividson Okopnik wrote:
> > Anyone tried Hardy Heron (Ubuntu) yet?
> 
> Downloaded, but not installed.
> 
> > I just instaled Hardy on my new machine, first linux distro on that
> > machine, and I couldnt get my network to work. I dual-boot (with XP) and on
> > winxp its working ok. My network is pretty simple - each machine has its
> > own static IP (no DHCP). On Hardy, I configured the IP via the network
> > config (the same IP I use on that machine for Windows XP), but nothing
> > works. I can't ping other machines on the network, other machines cant ping
> > me, and Hardy is not asking for any driver or anything.
> >
> > Any clue on what could I check to try to solve that problem?
> 
> What type is the network card? Does lsmod show anything that looks like it 
> might be the driver for that card? Does dmesg show any errors that might be 
> related to that card or to networking generally?

Also, what does 'lspci' show? I've come to rely on it quite a lot while
troubleshooting my WiFi (which, sadly, stopped working after a recent
upgrade, and despite my best efforts hasn't yet returned to the land of
the living. I'll drag those tribulations in later, maybe.)

Anyway, the path from _that_ end goes something like this:

1) Use 'lspci' to figure out the hardware.
2) Use Google to figure out the chipset, if applicable (a big deal with
	WiFi.)
3) Use Google again to figure out the right module, if it's not obvious.

This is pretty drastic stuff, though. Usually, it doesn't take anything
this complex.


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