sami, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=N56VZ&os=30 an update to your BIOS is available (217). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-217 ** Package changed: linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Summary changed: - Atheros ALX driver : no more interface statistics + [Asus N56VZ] Atheros ALX driver : no more interface statistics ** Tags added: regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1275220 Title: [Asus N56VZ] Atheros ALX driver : no more interface statistics Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This bug is a regression between 3.8 and 3.11 kernel. Since the new 3.11 kernel, there is no more network statistics on ALX cards. This has already been discussed here : http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/278595 But it seems not to be fixed. My card is an Atheros AR8161 Here is an output of ifconfig: RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) gnome system monitor is also affected ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.11.0-15-generic 3.11.0-15.23~precise1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23~precise1-generic 3.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.11.0-15-generic. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC663 Analog [ALC663 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC663 Analog [ALC663 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: sam 2181 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7a10000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC663' Components : 'HDA:10ec0663,10431477,00100002' Controls : 31 Simple ctrls : 14 CheckboxSubmission: 54021779511d0213081a2b1707bf951c CheckboxSystem: 4c773cd91921f9618cc2f1893bc1a87a Date: Sat Feb 1 11:18:13 2014 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. N56VZ MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic root=UUID=e0784b72-afa1-4bdb-bc89-fef934982476 ro quiet splash video.brightness_switch_enabled=0 "acpi_osi=!Windows 2012" vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-15-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-15-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.10 SourcePackage: linux-lts-saucy UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/02/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: N56VZ.215 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: N56VZ dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN56VZ.215:bd11/02/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnN56VZ:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnN56VZ:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: N56VZ dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1275220/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp