On my Opensuse 12.3 I have performed the last on-line update. Everything seemed OK. No message, No problem, but only until the first reboot. Since that I am with LAN card not installed with the terrific message in Yast2 “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.”
Moreover any USB key is not recognized when plugged in. The result is that I’m not able to transfer files out of the PC.
LAN card is installed in the PC, but not recognized by Suse.
USB keys work well at the boot (I would be able to boot an O.S. from a USB key), but no longer after Suse has been loaded: if I plug in a key, it is not recognized by the Suse.
Anyway lspci, among the others, lists USB Controller and the right type of Ethernet Adapter
susb lists 3 devices. One of this is the correct Logitech cordless receiver
This puts the output in a textfile in your homedir, named forums_output.txt
Next boot from the Live USB stick or CD, mount the partition where your /home resides, and open the textfile to post the contents here. That is, if the Live medium does work.
Apologies if I missed this in the replies to your post, … but did you check what this error message suggests to check ? ie did you check for the firmware ? Is there an appropriate entry in the ‘dmesg’ ? Please advise if you need help in knowing how to check for that ?
wrt being unable to copy files off of the PC, this is most unusual. Still, note for small entries showing on the screen, one can always take a picture with a digital camera of one’s display, and use a site such as ImageBam - free image hosting site to post and share the image.
As you can see, there’s no driver loaded for the Ethernet device. Could you check the BIOS if you see anything strange? Also see if Legacy USB is enabled.
On 2013-09-23 16:06, arvidjaar wrote:
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> Driver should be r8169 (and it does require external firmware):
Wild guess:
The OP did an update, that is known. Guess 1: the update included a
kernel. Guess 2: the firmware comes in a different package, and it is
missing after the update.
Maybe? :-?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
modprobe r8169 says:
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/3.7.10-1.1-desktop/modules.dep: No such file or directory
In fact folder 3.7.10-1.1-desktop is not present. There are instead two other folders: 3.7.10-1.11-desktop and 3.7.10-1.16-desktop that both contains modules.dep file and many drivers including r8169.ko
Nothing appearing out of order. In fact USB works well before to load Suse and also after but only with USB keyboard. It seems to me that Suse does not perform the automount of the USB keys.
dmesg does not have anything strange. The only “not found” is in “PM: Image not found (code -22)”. USB is registered with keyboard recognized. There is nothing about eth0 or r8169.
About to copy file out of the PC, I meant not able to port files out since network, USB and also DVD driver do not work as usual.
I have tried to copy the folder 3.7.10-1.11-desktop to 3.7.10-1.1-desktop in /lib/modules. After reboot LAN card, USB keys and DVD driver work well as usual.
Now I’m wondering whether the system is stable in this way or not. Why there were two subfolders in /lib/modules with different version number? and why the one loaded is 3.7.10-1.1?
Aaargh. It may work now, or seem to work, but you broke the system, i.e. the folders containing the kernel modules now contain the modules of a different (not too much, but still) kernel.