Basic networking problem with Ubuntu 9.04 on Acer Extensa 5635Z laptop
- by sapporo
I just installed Ubuntu 9.04 on a brand new Acer Extensa 5635Z laptop, but ethernet networking does't work (wireless doesn't work either, but I'd be happy with ethernet for now).
eth0 isn't listed in /etc/network/interfaces:
$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
lshw does show the nic, but I can't make much sense out of the information:
$ sudo lshw -class network -sanitize
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 01
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k latency=0 module=ath9k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: Attansic Technology Corp.
vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
version: c0
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
Thanks for your help!