Thread: Device eth0 does not seem to be present error and solution

Hello folks,

When attempting to activate my netword card i was bumped back with following error

Device eth0 does not seem to be present

WTF? I do have ethernet card... how do i get rid of this problem?

You need to have correct device driver loaded (module) for your NIC. Use lspci command to find out more information about card.

Code:

lspci

See this url about lspci: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-...i-devices.html

Once device identified, you can load the driver (located in /lib/ directory). Use insmod or modprobe command to install the driver

Code:

modprobe driver-name

You probably need to edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules so that the ethernet card you want to use is assigned to the ethX device you want it on.