> on another instance. I contacted the author of that post. He asked me > to try the command: > > dmesg|grep eth > > The output I got is as follows: > > [ 4.629977] Driver 'sd' needs updating-please use bus_type methods > [ 4.629989] Driver 'sr' needs updating-please use bus_type methods
"eth" is short for ethernet. The output does not have "eth" for ethernet but just happens to be there in the word "methods". This message isn't very helpful besides the fact that the nic wasn't really detected. Here is a sample output on this PC. [ 1.572152] sky2 eth0: addr 00:**:**:**:**:** [ 13.617851] sky2 eth0: enabling interface [ 13.617980] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 15.538867] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx [ 15.538995] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 25.804514] eth0: no IPv6 routers present SB -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm To unsubscribe from this group, send email to iitdlug+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
