eth0 does not exist

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snakeo2 · Post by **snakeo2** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:53 pm

I'm having problems with my NIC..it's not being detected during boot. My motherboard is a Gigabyte MA790X-UD4p and the ethernet controller is

Ethernet Controller: Realtek Semiconductor RTL8111/8168B PCI express Gigabit ethernet controller. I found this thread and compiled the driver they suggested: "R8169" but still no internet. Any suggestions will be appreciated, thanks.

DawgG · Post by **DawgG** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:58 pm

if the card is supported by the kernel, check if you have wrong settings (MAC) in

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/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

if yes, you can delete the file and upon reboot it is re-created with the right settings.
GOOD LUCK!

stmiller · Post by **stmiller** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:17 am

Thanks - I had the same problem and was going crazy trying to figure out what was happening.

vincent- · Post by **vincent-** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:41 am

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cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig

and...

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Device drivers
      -> Network Device Support
              -> Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
                       Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support (NEW)

If you build it as module, the module will be called r8169