So after not getting it working, I decided to order a PCI-e wired LAN Card (Here: Amazon.com: Intel PWLA8391GT PRO/1000 GT PCI Network Adapter: Electronics).
Installed, plugged in, booted up into SUSE 12.2, and went into yast2 and deleted the RTL1888E driver, and configured the new gigabit Ethernet card for DHCP with default gateway 192.168.0.1 (router address from any other machine), and rebooted.
NOTHING! Ifconfig still does not have an IP address for the new NIC.
No idea.
Confirmed no network access in Ubuntu live CD either! Tried to connect forever, and ended up saying ‘disconnected’.
So … nothing but windows works on my system … :\
Can you describe to us what makes up your network by chance? For instance, I have a Time Warner Cable modem to a wired gigabit router, to a gigabit switch to a wireless router configured as just an access point. My main PC connects to the eight port switch I bought and the gigabit router, a d-link model, provides the IP DHCP service on my network to all devices, wired and wireless.
You could provide a simular description of your setup and brand and models might also help on the network equipment you are using.
Thank You,
I have a 2in1 DSL Model / Wireless,Wired router from CenturyLink. It is an Actiontec model C1000A. My computer sits about 2 feet away from the router/modem unit, and plugs in using a RJ45 network cable to the 1st of 4 (tried other ports as well) available router ports. When plugged in, the network card lights flicker green and orange, showing activity. The light on the 1st port on the router/modem lights up, and shows a network connection.
This is the same router/modem unit that I use to connect wired (using the same port and cable) or wirelessly on my dual boot Windows 7 / KUbuntu Dell laptop, and the Windows 7 partition (on a separate solid state drive) on the desktop in question.
The motherboard is model Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3. Both linux OS’s I tried recognize the type of NICs and install the appropriate driver down to the model number, but then can’t connect to the network. Pinging my router does not work, let alone any other internet address.
Do you know the base address of the router that is supposed to supply the DHCP function to provide IP addresses? Do you know the User Name and password for it? Don’t tell us here what it is. Perhaps you could switch to Windows, bring up the internal Web Site and see how it is configured.
Thank You,
I go to 192.168.0.1 to get to my routers configuration page, and I hvae to login with the username and password on the bottom of the router.
I’ve done this and it shows the computer is connected.
I’m convinced it’s the motherboard (Gigabyte GA-970A-D3). I’m RMA’ing the thing, and trying an ASUS.
My office mate has the exact same motherboard running SUSE 12.2 with the exact same LAN NIC as the Gigabyte board. In addition the network issues, the Dual UEFI bios is not compatible with my Mac Cinema display, and so it’s all garbled up, and I can’t even get into bios config.
I’ll report back when new mobo gets here and everything is up and running.
So good luck with your swap out. While the suggestion might be too late, anytime I had a network problem, I would determine what empty slots I have and went online and purchased an addin card known to work with Linux for a free slot. Last time the gigabit card I found was less that $20, before shipping. Right this minute I have an old Intel Core 2 Duo board, that had a Realtek chipset that did not work and I just popped in a Wireless card I found online to work with Linux and stuck in the bedroom for the wife to use with the TV. I only say this because finding cards that work online is easy these days and changing out a Motherboard may not be a piece of cake. Though if you are like me, I sometimes would just as soon take out a MB giving me a problem and deep six it somewhere so it will never bother me again. So, good luck in what ever comes you way on this.
Thank You,
Well, surprise, surprise! Got my ASUS M5A97 R2.0 motherboard installed, exactly the same partitioning setup as before, same components. This board even has the SAME NIC as the Gigabyte board! … and viola! Works like a charm, merely click DHCP, and done.
As far as I can tell, that Gigabyte board (GA-970A-D3) was not compatible with Linux/Windows dual boot.
Thanks for everyone’s help.
Happy to hear you are up and running and made the right choice in replacing your motherboard.
Thank You,
On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:16:01 +0000, lotus360 wrote:
> Well, surprise, surprise! Got my ASUS M5A97 R2.0 motherboard installed,
> exactly the same partitioning setup as before, same components. This
> board even has the SAME NIC as the Gigabyte board! … and viola! Works
> like a charm, merely click DHCP, and done.
>
> As far as I can tell, that Gigabyte board (GA-970A-D3) was not
> compatible with Linux/Windows dual boot.
>
> Thanks for everyone’s help.
Wonderful - glad to hear you got the issue sorted out. 
Jim
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James,
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I’ve been dealing with openSUSE 12.3 on the GIGABYTE GA990 for the last 4 f**king days!!! I’ve never had so many problems, and I’ve used SuSE for the last 12 years! USB doesn’t work in openSUSE (but does in the BIOS) which is difficult to install from either a USB key or USB DVD drive. Then, after buying a SATA BD-burner, and installed to my new SSD, the SSD would hang on boot. Then, I installed to a SATA HDD. Finally, after spending days in the command line, due to no USB mouse support, trying to fix this stupid thing. I’m done!!!
I was going to buy the ASUS, but stopped when I saw that it has the same exact NIC as this. Now, with your reply, I will be picking it up tomorrow!
Again, thanks!
Cappy
OK, always happy to help inspire something to work. Just let us know of your outcome and ask for help if needed.
Thank You,
James,
I finally had time to setup this motherboard, but for some reason it won’t boot off the hard drives, only the optical drive. I tried both a standard drive and a solid state drive, neither would boot.
Any suggestions?
TIA,
Cappy
The number one reason you can 't boot is because there is nothing there to boot from. New hard drives configured as MBR disks will have a blank MBR which must be written to the first time you install anything on them. Have a look here for more help: openSUSE and Installing New Linux Kernel Versions - Blogs - openSUSE Forums
Thank You,
I don’t think this is the case. I installed from scratch, which created an EFI boot partition. I’ve never had this problem before, including when I installed 12.3 on my laptop’s new SSD.
I will see if I can enter rescue mode and reinstall GRUB.
Cappy
If you have an UEFI capable PC and you have created a GPT disk, or you create one during the install, GPT disks as being described in my blog on disks partition types and you then used your UEFI PC to select an EFI boot from the openSUSE Hybrid DVD in EFI mode, installed openSUSE to a GPT disk you could then boot in EFI mode from your GPT hard disk. Does any of this procedure so like what you have done?
Thank You,
James,
It seems that I had to disable “Windows Secure Boot” in the BIOS settings. After doing this and reinstalling openSUSE everything worked fine. I now have working network and USB. My wife and kids will be happy, too, as I won’t be spending my free time working on this thing, and that the Plex Media Server is back up and running!
Thanks again for all your help. It’s been greatly appreciated!!!
Cappy
I am happy to hear of your success. I guess if I had read Windows 8 on a new PC, it would have triggered a secure boot check as this is a normal setup on new PC’s running Windows 8. I am running Windows 8 in dual boot, but I use home built PC’s myself.
Thank You,