Weird Network Card(?) Problem

[JamboUK]

Hello.

Been happily using Ubuntu (and other dists previously) on a dual booting box with Win XP Pro for years.

Then a couple of weekends ago I try booting into my Ubuntu dist and found I had no internet connection initially and upon further investigation no no network connection at all (no light on my router).

So I restart machine and boot into Windows XP router light is on and machine is joined onto the network and internet is fine. Same hardware.... same network..............

I have tried a new install of Ubuntu..... problem still exists. I just can't understand what is stopping the network card from working all of sudden in my Ubuntu boot?!

I have not changed anything (and even if I had it is back to a clean install!!). Anyone have a similar problem?! Surely not IRQ conflicts? If so.... why now??

Your help much appreciated.

[mrrangerman43]

I have not changed anything (and even if I had it is back to a clean install!!).

Now does this mean you reinstalled Ubuntu?

Did you do any updates just prior to this happening?

I have a friend that uses Ubuntu and did a update and it hosed his system. You may want to jump over to Ubuntu's forums and see if others are having the same problem.

[knute]

Well, since you have verified that the hardware works, it comes down to only a few issues that it could be.

What nic do you have installed in your computer?

Do you have the appropriate drive for ubuntu installed on your machine??? It's easy enough to skip a network driver on install , or even to have it on the drive, but your os not being told to load it. :)

Those would be the first things that I would check. Also, linux can have some difficulty with Plug-and-Pray. So, if that's the case, it's easy eanough to assign the network card an irq, and then set that irq up in the bios (the exact method would depend upon card, and bios involved).

HTH