Comment 237 for bug 1239578

System: Lenovo X240 Thinkpad
OS: Ubuntu 14.04.1 64 bit LTS
Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP (after update)

When I installed Ubuntu 14.04.1, the network was not configured. So I was left with a system without wifi and ethernet. I downloaded the rtlwifi_new driver from the git repository posted in comment #184.

This compiles properly without any error. I install it by running "sudo make install" inside the driver folder.

$ sudo modprobe rtl8192ee
$ iwconfig
$ lshw -C "Network"

 sudo lshw -C "Network"
[sudo] password for swagat:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: Ethernet Connection I218-LM
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 04
       serial: 28:d2:44:97:ec:b7
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=2.3.2-k firmware=0.6-3 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:59 memory:f0600000-f061ffff memory:f063e000-f063efff ioport:4080(size=32)
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlan1
       version: 00
       serial: 18:cf:5e:bb:8c:43
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192ee driverversion=3.13.0-37-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.105 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:62 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0400000-f0403fff

$ sudo ifconfig -a

sudo ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 28:d2:44:97:ec:b7
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:20 Memory:f0600000-f0620000

eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 28:d2:44:97:ec:b7
          inet addr:169.254.11.99 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          Interrupt:20 Memory:f0600000-f0620000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
          RX packets:2265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:171501 (171.5 KB) TX bytes:171501 (171.5 KB)

wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 18:cf:5e:bb:8c:43
          inet addr:192.168.1.125 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::1acf:5eff:febb:8c43/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:4202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3993 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:4194013 (4.1 MB) TX bytes:501081 (501.0 KB)

My wireless works properly without any problem. However, "ethernet controller" or Network LAN port does not work for me. Is there any help for this.

Also note that I did not install Kernel 3.16-rc7 as suggested many others here. Let me know if there is a way to get the eth0 to work properly.