On 6 September 2012 15:28, Stowell Davison <swdavison@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I recently installed Fedora 17, 64 bit, on an HP h8-1320t. The machine has > an on-board ethernet port (RJ-45). According to the machine's spec sheet, > that is device is an "Atheros AR8161L". > > Fedora does not see that interface device at all. Dmesg and > /var/log/messages contain no mention of "Atheros AR8161L" or any useful > substring thereof. There are no *eth0* files in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. > > I know that the port hardware works because I was able to make network > connections from the machine using MS Windows. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Stowe Davison > http://nic-nac-project.de/~davison > This appears to need the alx driver: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx Which isn't on my fedora 17 box. You may have some luck trying the compat-wireless packages: http://people.redhat.com/sgruszka/compat_wireless.html (yes, I know ethernet, not wireless, still, that seems to be where it is) See also http://www.jfdesignnet.com/?p=2133 It should show up in lspci. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
