Re: Ethernet port dead

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:41:05 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

(...)

> Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> you could try using any live cd (e.g. debian live cd) to see if it is
>> the software/hardware that are problematic
>
>
> 
> Camaleón writes:
> 
>> (please, open a new thread if you change the thematic of the e-mail)
>> Review your logs. Run: "dmesg | grep eth"
> 
> 
> I was using the old thread because it's also about ethernet.  Anyway,
> now I've started a new one as you say.

This way you help other list users to find your post :-)

> With Knoppix 6.0, I ran `ifconfig -a' and got the following output:
> 
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           LOOPBACK  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX
>           packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0
>           txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Ugh. It does not detect the ethernet device either.
 
> "dmesg | grep eth" gives the folloing output:
> 
> eth1394: eth0: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0)
> 
> 
> What should we conclude?

But... what kind of device is that? Are you using an adapter (firewire to 
ethernet)? :-?

What is the output of "lspci | grep -i ethernet"?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón