Linux Mint: Enabling a NIC
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So I have here a machine running on Linux Mint. What exact command lines do I need to run to enable the internal Ethernet port? The graphical interface seems to have no options for enabling it.
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That means it didn't detect a connection. If it had one it would be on already. What hardware are you on?
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HP Compaq DC 7700
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Where did that come from? Is that Andy's old development workstation?
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What is the output of ethtool eth0
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It is reported as working:
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And the output of ifconfig
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I have no idea where it came from, I was just told to put Mint on it
Everything else works perfectly, plugins and system tools all. But it says the NIC cable is unplugged. I checked the connections from the machine all the way to the Modem, and everything is fine. -
If things are working, something is probably connected.
Do the ifconfig and ethtool output. That will tell you if you can safely ignore or if there is a problem. Totally possible it's eth2 or something equally stupid, where it bound up an ethernet interface and it really doesn't do anything.
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Got it working, thanks guys.
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What was it?
