Just upgraded my linux box to the latest release of Ubuntu, and had problems with getting the networking drivers (Forcedeth) to work.
Spent a long time digging, and eventually got it to work; just thought I'd give a quick headsup in case people have the same problem.
Opening a terminal and set:
I am running an Nvidia Nforce2 570 chipset btw. I'm no linux expert, so can't really provide much more help, but hopefully this will save someone the time it took me.
Edit: However, who wants to type that in every time you boot your computer? A few options here: You can either put it into a boot-time run script, or you can edit your config to automatically set it when the kernel runs it, which is what I've done:
and then made the changes to the system (assuming you are still logged in as root, otherwise sudo su/password):
Hopefully this will be of some use to someone
.
Spent a long time digging, and eventually got it to work; just thought I'd give a quick headsup in case people have the same problem.
Opening a terminal and set:
will hopefully get your network up and running (if you've had problems). This works on the current session.
I am running an Nvidia Nforce2 570 chipset btw. I'm no linux expert, so can't really provide much more help, but hopefully this will save someone the time it took me.
Edit: However, who wants to type that in every time you boot your computer? A few options here: You can either put it into a boot-time run script, or you can edit your config to automatically set it when the kernel runs it, which is what I've done:
added the parameters line:
and then made the changes to the system (assuming you are still logged in as root, otherwise sudo su/password):
Hopefully this will be of some use to someone
.
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