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Hi
Mepis 8.0, has been running 2 years.
I tried to install Camorama which included:
Camorama 0.19-2
gspca modules
libpt-1.11.2 plugin V4l
libmilib 1.4.0

Ethernet worked until a reboot and now eth0 is greyed out
I can boot from the Windows hard drive and ethernet works fine, so it can't be the card or the router.

Under System -> Mepis -> Network Assistant I choose interfaces and eth0 is grey
I choose troubleshooting and "scan hdw" shows the ehternet card

Under System -> Info Center -> Network Interfaces I see
lo 127.0.0.1, but eth0 is no longer listed
the update button does nothing

A lot of lthe network problems I have seen in the forum were solved by reinstalling the system. I would rather not do this if there is another way to get the ethernet back.

Thank you for your time,
Don

see here> http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php? ... _utilities Jerry

Hi JBoman,
Thank you. I tried dmesg and saw nothing related to network errors.

"ifup eth0" returns the message "ignoring unknown interfaces"

"ifconfig -a" shows the 127.0.0.1 listing, but not eth0. If I am reading the man page correctly, this command should at least list all interfaces, whether they are up or not. Can an interface disappear?

Thank you for your time,

Don

This is hard for me to understand, since I do not see how your installing that package could have anything to do with the disappearance of eth0.

What is the hardware situation? Can you post this command in a console and give us back the output?

I usually do a whole sequence when I have problems like this:If you have encryption, you would have to add it.

Another option is to install wicd or ceni (download the deb on another computer).

Hi Jerry,

Entering "lspci | grep -i net" returns "01:00.0 Ethernet Controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet adaptor (rev a0)"

when I try ifdown and then ifup, after the second command I get:
"ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0"

after "dhclient eth0 essid NameOfAccessPoint" I get:
NameOfAccessPoint: Interface name too long (is 17)

I too can see no connection between the installation and this problem. If the ethernet card didn't work with Windows and with the installation CD, I'd think it was a hdw problem unrelated to the new program.

There is no encryption that I know of.

Thank you for your time,

Don

I'm someone that loves a good kludge so in this kind of instance I'd shutdown the computer and remove the card. If it's built-in I'd disable it in the BIOS then power off. Then power on and let the system not find the card (or built-in chip). After the OS has loaded I'd power down and replace the card or re-enable the lan in the BIOS. Power up and see if it shows up.

Don, in the konsole as root enter "dhclient eth0" and then "ifup eth0" all without the quotes Jerry

With NameOfAccessPoint I meant you should put in the name of your AP--mine is "linksys" for instance.

Hi Jerry,
Ah, of course.
trying it correctly "dhclient eth0" it returns "No such device"

And Lucky9, I can't try your idea this afternoon, but I will have time tomorrow. Thank you.

Don

You might find this post from linux questions helpfull... note there are 3 pages so read them all. The noapic bootup cheatcode may be worth a try from what I read there especially considering the way it happened. see here> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ss-736118/ also check the last post there. Jerry