Steven J. Brown (NY) wrote:
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Karl Larsen wrote:
Steven J. Brown (NY) wrote:
Karl Larsen wrote:
Steven J. Brown (NY) wrote:
Hi,
Since I updated the kernel on my Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook
running FC6 to release 2.6.22.1-15.fc6, my wired network card, a
BroadCom BCM4401 100Base-T, is no longer found. Under previous
kernel, which I still have installed, it finds this card and
configures eth0 to use it. There's also a wireless card but I
haven't had the time to get it working since upgrading from FC3 to
FC6. It was using ndiswrapper and configured for device wlan0
before, but it seems like that might no longer be necessary.
Anyway, there is no wireless service where I am and my wired card
is not detected. Since it is not in the hardware list in the
network configuration utility, I cannot configure it manually.
How can I make FC6 detect my card?
Any assistance with this problem would be greatly appreciated.
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First as root in a terminal type lspci and from the list should
be your Ethernet card. Write down what it is called. It is kind of
ODD that FC6 didn't auto-detect your ethernet thing. My old
ethernet is always picked up. If you don't find it in the lspci
list then your in for replacing the ethernet hardware.
Karl
lspci lists both wireless and wired cards:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T
(rev 01)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
(rev 02)
In the configuration tool, however, the device listed as eth0 type
ethernet has the wireless (802.11 a/b/g) card selected and no way to
change it to the other card.
Any other thoughts?
Yes your ethernet card is the Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 and
there is no reason that it should not be at your network tab that
lists hardware. If it isn't there it is a broken hardware. If it is
there click to have it selected and on the first tab make it active.
Karl
I'm not sure I understand 'broken hardware'. It is found under when
running under one kernel, but not found when running under a newer
kernel. Wouldn't that indicate a broken kernel?
I guess I need to agree. I forgot it worked with one kernel and it maybe
that the new kernel has no driver for the Broadcom ethernet, but I am
surprised if the kernel I am using has a driver for my "Legasy" ethernet
card on my motherboard.
Karl
