Re: [Astlinux-users] No "eth0" device found on HP T510 Thin Client - astlinux 1.4.7

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

> On Dec 9, 2022, at 2:57 AM, Michael Keuter <li...@mk...> wrote:
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>> Am 09.12.2022 um 04:33 schrieb Tim Griffin <te...@en...>:
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>> Hi all; I've just blown the dust off of an HP T150 thin client box (4GB RAM/16GB Flash, VIA Eden X2 U4200 processor @ 1Ghz) and installed the latest x64 version of ASTLinux (1.4.7). 
>> The operating system installs without error, but after booting, and despite apparently installing the 
>> "Intel PRO/1000 Network Driver 3.8.7-NAPI" driver, ASTLinux cannot find "eth0", and there is consequently no network available. 
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>> Yet, if I boot the machine just to a RUNNIX shell, "lspci" shows the network adapter (Broadcom Inc. BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)) installed as "eth0" (albeit without an IP address):
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>> If I let ASTLinux boot to completion, it seems to load the "Intel PRO/1000 Network Driver 3.8.7-NAPI" and the "8139 Fast Ethernet drive 0.9.28", but then cannot find "eth0" (last line of screen shot). 
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>> When boot into ASTLinux, my installation does not have anything pertaining to "net" in the /etc/udev/rules directory either:
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>> I can confirm that the network cable was attached to the box and connection/activity indicators were illuminated, so the hardware seems okay.
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>> After booting into ASTLinux, "ifconfig" shows the following:
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>> One other interesting anomaly is that "eth0" *is* reported right at the end of the boot:
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>> But then the OS doesn't seem to initialize "eth0" leaving the environment networkless.
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>> While I am relatively used to working on Ubuntu servers, I've never had to operate at the level of network interface drivers, so I'm a little lost as to where to look for the problem and how to attempt a resolution. 
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>> Is there something about 1.4.7 that it would not necessarily include and enable a network driver for this adapter? 
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>> Thanks!
>> Tim
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> Hi Tim,
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> the available network drivers can be found in "/etc/rc.modules".
> I think for Broadcom NICs you can try the "tg3" driver.
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> Michael

Hi Tim,

Your mistake was to use the "Guest VM x86-64bit (Video Console):" ISO (genx86_64-vm) instead of the "Generic x86-64bit (Video Console):" ISO (genx86_64) more tuned to your hardware.  Probably a misclick.

-- Quick solution

modprobe tg3

and see if the NIC comes alive, if so, edit /etc/rc.modules and add tg3 and comment out virtio_net

-- Better solution

Reinstall via USB boot drive using the "Generic x86-64bit (Video Console):" ISO download (genx86_64)


Cool to see such an old box come alive!

Lonnie