(K)Ubuntu on dell Inspiron 9300

[Derek Broughton]

alain.muls at telenet.be wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I tried the livecd of both Ubuntu/HUbuntu. Both (is logical) did not start
> the eth0 connection. dmesg reports it detected the Broadcom 4400 ethernet
> card but fail while trying to load a module "b44".
> 
> The messages from dmesg are
> [4294921.637000] eth0: Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT Ethernet
> [00:14:22:e6:f1:cb 4294930.091000] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full
> [duplex. 4294930.091000] b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for
> [RX. 4294940.091000] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
> [4294940.091000] b44: eth0: transmit timed out, resetting
> [4294940.092000] b44: eth0: Link is down.
> [4294943.092000] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
> [4294943.092000] b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
> [4295000.550000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> 
> What should I do when installing either flavour of Ubuntu.

Are you _sure_ it isn't working?  My Inspiron 6000 uses the same b44 driver
and I see exactly that behaviour.  The interface rarely comes up on the
first try, but it retries (as yours did) and yours appears to be working. 
If it remains a problem, use ifplugd, which will reliably bring up the
interface when the b44 settles down.
-- 
derek