I have installed OpenSuse 12.3 successfully and after some initial problems was able to get the wireless Broadcom adapter working, so I have network access. The only issue that I have is that the wired network adapter is not installed. All that shows is lo that is running on loopback device interface and when I check for an ethernet adpater on wth0, it only indicated that nothing is installed. I like many many other people with Linux have an Attansic AR8162 ethernet controller directly connected to the motherboard. It seems as though this particular network adapter is a big pain when it comes to trying to get it to work. I have tried several of the various solutions posted on the internet to no avail. Since I have network access I am ok to live with this if nothing can be done at this time to correct. Does anyone have any ideas?
On 03/31/2013 09:36 PM, marklinux62 wrote:
>
> I have installed OpenSuse 12.3 successfully and after some initial
> problems was able to get the wireless Broadcom adapter working, so I
> have network access. The only issue that I have is that the wired
> network adapter is not installed. All that shows is lo that is running
> on loopback device interface and when I check for an ethernet adpater on
> wth0, it only indicated that nothing is installed. I like many many
> other people with Linux have an Attansic AR8162 ethernet controller
> directly connected to the motherboard. It seems as though this
> particular network adapter is a big pain when it comes to trying to get
> it to work. I have tried several of the various solutions posted on the
> internet to no avail. Since I have network access I am ok to live with
> this if nothing can be done at this time to correct. Does anyone have
> any ideas?
>
Start with the output of /sbin/lspci -nn for that device.
I was able to open a console and su to root and then issue a modprobe atl10 for my attransic/atheros wired ethernet and that got it working. Your attransic/atheros module might have a different name. They are listed in the kernel drivers though I don’t have the path in front of me as I am at work right now.
**The following is the output that you had requested. **
The ethernet card is an Atheros AR8162 fast ethernet [1969:1090]. I have seen numerous posts related to this card working with some elusive alx driver, but off course I do not have that installed nor is it anywhere on my system. Any additonal hep you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
linux-lzy8:/home/mark # /sbin/lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller [8086:0154] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller [8086:1e59] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:1e03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162 Fast Ethernet [1969:1090] (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
I tried using all of the entries in /lib/modules/3.7.10-1.1-desktop/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros. There was atl1c, atl1e, atl1 and atl2. From my checking on Google, I noticed that what I might need is some elusive driver called atx. The following is the lspci output for he ethernet controller.
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162 Fast Ethernet [1969:1090] (rev 10)
On 04/02/2013 08:56 PM, deano ferrari wrote:
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> marklinux62;2543932 Wrote:
>> I tried using all of the entries in
>> /lib/modules/3.7.10-1.1-desktop/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros.
>> There was atl1c, atl1e, atl1 and atl2. From my checking on Google, I
>> noticed that what I might need is some elusive driver called atx. The
>> following is the lspci output for he ethernet controller.
>>
>>
>> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162
>> Fast Ethernet [1969:1090] (rev 10)
> I think you mean the alx driver.
>
> ‘alx | The Linux Foundation’
> (http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx)
>
> A kernel upgrade may be one answer, or perhaps the latest
> ‘compat-wreless’ package has the driver.
Loading a driver with a scatter shot approach will only result in using memory,
but it will never work unless the driver is coded to recognize the PCI ID of
your device.
The bad news is that there are no drivers for your device in any kernel. I
checked the 3.9-rc5 source. Thus, a kernel upgrade will not help. At URL http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx, you will
find two possible sources of the driver, which will need to be built from source
for your kernel. The group working on this driver has tried twice to submit the
driver for kernel inclusion, and has been rejected both times. I know the
problems with getting new drivers included even though I do not know the details.