On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 12:52 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Howdy, > > I finally got through with my backup restore. I had shutdown the NAS > box with Ubuntu on it since I was done with it. I wanted to do some > updates and check some other stuff, still learning how Ubuntu works, so > I rebooted it. I didn't hook up the drives with my backups on them > since I don't need them to update and such. The network not only > doesn't come up, it is just plain dead. The LEDs on the card are out, > the router shows no connection either, not even as inactive. I did a > LOT of searching. Found others with similar problems but nothing > helped. I found one thread that was recent and exactly my problem. It > appears that after some attempts to figure it out, the guru trying to > help ran out of ideas. I'll post a link below. [1] It's kinda hard to > post info since I have no way to get it from the NAS box to my main rig > since the network isn't working. That said, when I run lshw -C network, > it shows it as being disabled. It looks just like the thread linked below. > > Since this is a built in network port and there is a history of issues > with those things with me, I installed a PCIe network card. It shows up > the same way, disabled. I rebooted the router just in case. I also > checked the BIOS to be sure it was enabled there, some glitch or > something could have disabled it. It shows up as enabled. I checked > the cable but then I thought of a way to rule out hardware. I booted a > Knoppix system that I have on the Ventoy USB stick. I still love that > thing. :-D The network came up and worked just fine without me doing a > single thing. I tried another image, can't recall which, and the > network worked in it too. I then said to heck with it, pulled out a > spare hard drive and put it in place of the current drive with Ubuntu on > it. I then tried to install Debian. Guess what, the network doesn't > work with it either. So, boot from USB image, network works. Boot from > a hard drive, network dead. > > Since the Ubuntu forums are no help, searching didn't help, my last > resort is to ask here, on a Gentoo forum. :/ I figure there may be a > few people here that use Ubuntu on some system and are familiar with > this. Given it works on Knoppix and such, it has to be something > related to Ubuntu and I guess Debian as well. I downloaded both those > images a while back. My first instinct, the updates broke something. > What's odd, it doesn't work with the USB Debian/Ubuntu images either and > it worked fine before when I installed from it. > > Anyone here have ideas? Keep in mind, that thing uses systemd. I > thought I hated that before. I truly hate that thing now. Trying to > figure out how to restart something is like pulling teeth with no pain > meds. Heck, I have to google just to find out what the name of the > service is because most make no sense. Still, I'd like to get it > working. If not, the 770T may end up with Gentoo yet. > > [1] https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2483647 > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Dale, Sorry for your problems. I have a bunch of Kubuntu and Ubuntu Server machines here so maybe I can help. First, I am NOT understanding your situation completely. I have a suspicion that possibly you didn't configure a status ip and something has changed it. That happened to me once with Ubuntu Server and also with Kubuntu 1) Does your Ubuntu machine have a keyboard and monitor? 2) If it does lets try a couple of commands to get a baseline and have you post results back ip l show route -n ip r sudo ifconfig nmcli device ping www.yahoo.com (change enp5s0 as needed) ip l show enp5s0 | grep --color -w UP Let's start with that and see where it leads.
