# Ethernet controller not working **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Hardware\ **Created:** [January 26, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ethernet-controller-not-working/21941 "2012-01-26T12:26:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ethernet-controller-not-working/21941/1 "2012-01-26T12:26:02Z")
Hello world! I’ve FoxConn G41MD-V motherboard with integrated NIC Atheros AR8131 and Suse Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 ## running Code: ## ifconfig -a don’t give this ethernet at all, only 2 3Com NICs and lo in Yast when selecting this ethernet adapter I cannot edit it and see "Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details. ## Code: ## uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.32.12-0.7-pae #1 SMP 2010-05-20 11:14:20 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ## Code: ## lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Device 1083 (rev c0) 04:01.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 6c) 04:02.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78) ## Code: ## hwinfo ============ start debug info ============ libhd version 15.33 (ia32) using /var/lib/hardware kernel version is 2.6 probe = 0x0000138fc4aa17fcf9fffe (+memory +pci +isapnp +net +floppy +misc +misc.serial +misc.par +misc.floppy +serial +cpu +bios +monitor +mouse +scsi +usb -usb.mods +modem +modem.usb +parallel +parallel.lp +parallel.zip -isa -isa.isdn +isdn +kbd +prom +sbus +int +braille +braille.alva +braille.fhp +braille.ht -ignx11 +sys -bios.vbe -isapnp.old -isapnp.new -isapnp.mod +braille.baum -manual +fb +pppoe -scan +pcmcia -fork -parallel.imm +s390 -cpuemu -sysfs -s390disks +udev +block +block.cdrom +block.part +edd +edd.mod -bios.ddc -bios.fb -bios.mode +input +block.mods +bios.vesa -cpuemu.debug -scsi.noserial +wlan -bios.crc -hal -bios.vram -bios.acpi -bios.ddc.ports=1 -bios.ddc.ports=2 -bios.ddc.ports=3 -bios.ddc.ports=4 -modules.pata -net.eeprom -max -lxrc) 29: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller [Created at pci.318] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci\_1969\_1083 Unique ID: svHJ.1dgxtCV+JB6 Parent ID: qTvu.4chw4Z9dkyF SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0 Hardware Class: network Model: “Atheros Ethernet controller” Vendor: pci 0x1969 “Atheros Communications” Device: pci 0x1083 SubVendor: pci 0x105b “Foxconn International, Inc.” SubDevice: pci 0x0dbe Revision: 0xc0 Memory Range: 0xfeac0000-0xfeafffff (rw,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0xdc00-0xdc7f (rw) IRQ: 11 (no events) Module Alias: “pci:v00001969d00001083sv0000105Bsd00000DBEbc02sc00i00” Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #18 (PCI bridge) ## – rustamuz rustamuz’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=123035](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=123035) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=451353](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=451353) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ethernet-controller-not-working/21941/2 "2012-01-31T22:27:16Z")
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ethernet-controller-not-working/21941/3 "2012-02-03T04:03:12Z")
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:26:02 GMT rustamuz [rustamuz@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:rustamuz@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Hello world! > > I’ve FoxConn G41MD-V motherboard with integrated NIC Atheros AR8131 > and Suse Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 > [/color] [CODE][color=blue] > Model: “Atheros Ethernet controller” > Vendor: pci 0x1969 “Atheros Communications” > Device: pci 0x1083[/color] > [/CODE] > Hi > You need to locate and build the atl1c driver for the 2.6.32 kernel. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.1 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.1.9-1.4-desktop up 3:49, 4 users, load average: 0.17, 0.11, 0.10 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU