No internet - PCI device driver needed? Options

[mw88]

I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 on to my Gateway Model No:W323-UI1 and cannot connect to my local router. In my best estimate I need a driver for my internal PCI device.
This is the output of "lspci":

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
00:0c.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
00:0c.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
00:0e.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01)

I'm am new to linux (first installation), and a push in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

[michaelk]

I assume you are connected to the router using an ethernet cable.
Look at the output of the lsmod command? Do you see the via-rhine module loaded?
You might have to add a kernel option pci=noacpi to the kernel boot line.

The output of the command should display information on eth0 if everything is loaded correctly:
ifconfig -a

[mw88]

Problem Solved!

I just needed to install the b43-fwcutter and b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer packages. I also added the pci=noacpi option to the kernel boot line as recommended, but it is unclear whether or not that step was necessary on my machine.

Thank you for your assistance michaelk.

[mw88]

Turns out adding the pci=noacpi option to the boot line causes GRUB2 to hang up on my machine.

[michaelk]

I had assumed that you actually were trying to connect via wired not wireless.
noacpi should not be necessary.

[prid]

thanks guys for sharing the very nice information..


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