Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller needs to be in included in kernel

[Jaime Cruz]

Latest kernel update from Canonical broke my LAN connection, as the kernel did not have the proper driver compiled. Fortunately I was able to enable my wireless connection in order to perform the following steps:

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-`uname -r`
wget -O- http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-pc.tar.bz2 | tar -xj
cd compat-wireless-2012-07-03-pc
./scripts/driver-select alx
make
sudo make install

And then reboot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic 3.2.0-33.52
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic 3.2.31
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jaimec 2286 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfeb40000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD73E1X5'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7676,103c2ae0,00100103'
   Controls : 45
   Simple ctrls : 24
Date: Thu Nov 15 22:21:10 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=72e87f93-90a8-4e59-a127-6f4a4ace8908
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard p7-1235
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-33-generic root=UUID=83e8700e-a41e-4eb8-a854-bd4a297520ff ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-33-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-33-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.1
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: AMI
dmi.bios.version: 7.07
dmi.board.asset.tag: 3CR2200PG0
dmi.board.name: 2AE0
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 3CW2200PG0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAMI:bvr7.07:bd04/20/2012:svnHewlett-Packard:pnp7-1235:pvr:rvnMSI:rn2AE0:rvr1.0:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: p7-1235
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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