can not connect via ethernet (SOLVED)

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <
> garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <
>> garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <
>>> garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>
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>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 17 October 2014 19:18, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > I have 1404 on a HP 210g (new computer)  I was able to connect via
>>>>> the
>>>>> > ethernet cable until a few days ago.  The connect works on my wife's
>>>>> W8
>>>>> > machine.  I can connect to the internet via wireless.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > This machine has a Realtek Gigabit network Connection (10/100/1000
>>>>> NIC) but
>>>>> > Additional Hardware does not find any proprietary hardware, which I
>>>>> think
>>>>> > this is.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > sudo lshw -C Network
>>>>> > description: Ethernet interface
>>>>>
>>>>> Was there not a line before the one above?
>>>>>
>>>>> Colin
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Found a solution at
>>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/346685/wired-connection-problem-ubuntu-13-04-realtek-rtl8111-8168-ethernet-controller
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> echo on | sudo tee /sys/class/net/eth0/device/power/control
>>>>
>>>> Started working immediately!
>>>>
>>>> I will mark this solved (and hope it really is)
>>>>
>>>> Thank for getting back to me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> garyk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Apparently not a permanent solution.  Could not connect just now.  Any
>>> thoughts?
>>>
>>> There is an old thread at
>>> http://www.twm-kd.com/linux/realtek-rtl81688111e-and-ubuntu-linux/  but
>>> not sure if this would work on Ubuntu 14.04
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> garyk
>>>
>>
>>
>> Here's a link to a solution for Ubuntu 11.04
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1661489
>>
>> But at
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/457668/ethernet-controller-not-working-on-new-dell-vostro-2520-laptopsolved
>> they followed the fix and it worked.
>>
>> A bit old I should think but what do I know.
>>
>> This looks more promising:
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2244401&p=13122787#post13122787
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> garyk
>>
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> This solution did not work for me. Before I tried it echo on | sudo tee
> /sys/class/net/eth0/device/power/control would get it working until reboot.
> Now that does not work. I do not see any sticky thread. Seems like it'a a
> bug.   (I am referring to
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2244401&p=13122787#post13122787 )
>
>
>
> garyk
>



Just for the halibut I ran the code again, rebooted and lo and behold it
works.  Just to make sure, I rebooted again and worked. So maybe this is
solved--  at least until another kernel update, although the thread gives
an autoupdate instruction which I ran.

garyk
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