networking Ubuntu won't recognise the inbuilt ethernet port!

[BaconLord222]

I need some help with running ubuntu. I just want to load a few programs onto it before it gets disconnected from the internet permanently, however the computer won't detect the built in ethernet port on the motherboard. I'm running a gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2L (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-945GCM-S2L-rev-10#ov) with 2Gb of DDR2 667MHz RAM. This is a fresh install of the newest version of ubuntu and I have no clue what is going on! Help!

[WereCatf]

Do you have a USB WiFi-adapter or something you could use for a bit to install the r8168-dkms - package? r8168-dkms is a driver for the NIC.

[BaconLord222]

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

Do you have a USB WiFi-adapter or something you could use for a bit to install the r8168-dkms - package? r8168-dkms is a driver for the NIC.

No, unfortunately i don't. I could probably pick one up online. I might see if I can buy one. Is it possible to download the package on windows and transfer it to the ubuntu pc with a USB?

[WereCatf]

8 minutes ago, BaconLord222 said:

No, unfortunately i don't. I could probably pick one up online. I might see if I can buy one. Is it possible to download the package on windows and transfer it to the ubuntu pc with a USB?

Yes, if you knew the URLs you need. To get the list of the URLs you'd need you'd have to be able to download the package-list, and for that you need a working Internet-connection...

[Eniqmatic]

You can download from here on a windows machine:

 

https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=r8168-dkms

[BaconLord222]

2 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Yes, if you knew the URLs you need. To get the list of the URLs you'd need you'd have to be able to download the package-list, and for that you need a working Internet-connection...

So was this what I needed to download? I did a quick search and found it on what seems to be an official Ubuntu site.  

[BaconLord222]

2 minutes ago, Eniqmatic said:

You can download from here on a windows machine:

 

https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=r8168-dkms

Thanks, I think i just found it

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, BaconLord222 said:

So was this what I needed to download? I did a quick search and found it on what seems to be an official Ubuntu site. 

Well, yes, but you may need additional packages, too. When you try to install it, it'll complain if you need more packages, so I suppose you'll just have to do multiple rounds of downloading from there.

[Eniqmatic]

1 minute ago, BaconLord222 said:

Thanks, I think i just found it

Then use apt-get to install from a package using the required switch.

[BaconLord222]

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

Well, yes, but you may need additional packages, too. When you try to install it, it'll complain if you need more packages, so I suppose you'll just have to do multiple rounds of downloading from there.

thanks for the tip, I'll try to install it once it downloads and see if it works

[BaconLord222]

37 minutes ago, Eniqmatic said:

Then use apt-get to install from a package using the required switch.

how do I use apt-get if its a local file on the system?

[AskTJ]

Try reinstalling it and selecting to install all drivers on the reinstall. This worked for my laptop.

[Eniqmatic]

2 minutes ago, BaconLord222 said:

how do I use apt-get if its a local file on the system?

Sorry, use dpkg. dpkg -i "filename.deb"

[BaconLord222]

11 minutes ago, Eniqmatic said:

Sorry, use dpkg. dpkg -i "filename.deb"

i tried using that command several times, however it keeps telling me that the file doesn't exist. However, i can see the file sitting on my desktop. Any idea what i'm doing wrong?

[Eniqmatic]

1 minute ago, BaconLord222 said:

i tried using that command several times, however it keeps telling me that the file doesn't exist. However, i can see the file sitting on my desktop. Any idea what i'm doing wrong?

Did you CD to the directory you are in? i.e "cd /home/yourusername/Desktop" then run the command?

[BaconLord222]

1 minute ago, Eniqmatic said:

Did you CD to the directory you are in? i.e "cd /home/yourusername/Desktop" then run the command?

no i didnt, im only new so i didnt realise i had to do that. it seems to have run now

[Eniqmatic]

1 minute ago, BaconLord222 said:

no i didnt, im only new so i didnt realise i had to do that. it seems to have run now

No problem, I wasn't sure of your experience. Did it work?

[BaconLord222]

1 minute ago, Eniqmatic said:

No problem, I wasn't sure of your experience. Did it work?

yes it did. i just have to install the DKMS package that it depends on. Thankyou for your help!

[Eniqmatic]

1 minute ago, BaconLord222 said:

yes it did. i just have to install the DKMS package that it depends on. Thankyou for your help!

Glad you got it sorted!

[BaconLord222]

28 minutes ago, Eniqmatic said:

Glad you got it sorted!

I was going to mark this as solved, however, the computer still wont detect the built in ethernet port. the driver did successfully install, and I restarted the computer just to be sure that it worked. Any ideas?

[Eniqmatic]

2 minutes ago, BaconLord222 said:

I was going to mark this as solved, however, the computer still wont detect the built in ethernet port. the driver did successfully install, and I restarted the computer just to be sure that it worked. Any ideas?

Does typing "sudo ifconfig" into a terminal return anything?

[BaconLord222]

1 minute ago, Eniqmatic said:

Does typing "sudo ifconfig" into a terminal return anything?

net-tools isnt installed, so it only tells me to install it, which I can't do because I have no internet

[Eniqmatic]

Which version are you using? 17.04?

[Eniqmatic]

I haven't used 17.04 and I haven't used the desktop version of Ubuntu in forever, but seems they removed net-tools from 17.04 install by default. Try typing "ip addr" instead.

 

Or just install another Distro