No Ethernet on Gnome on Z490

hey guys,

So basically, i booted up manjaro to install it from USB, and i have no ethernet which is really odd,

My motherboard is a Z490 MSi Gaming Edge.

It detects my wifi ( i dont have the antennas attached ) cause i dont like wifi and mostly use ethernet, usually in the old days we had trouble with wifi, ethernet was always detected by default

:+1: Welcome to Manjaro! :+1:

Please read this:

and post some more information so we can see what’s really going on. Now we know the symptom of the disease, but we need some more probing to know where the origin lies…

:innocent:

Sorry that took so long, had alot going on

~ >>> lspci | egrep -i --color ‘network|ethernet’
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9462/9560
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (rev 04)

i can clearly see my ethernet card there but it wont show up in my settings, im having to tether of my phone for now, the Realtek semi is my ethernet controller, all i see is vpn and proxy

00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9462/9560 [8086:06f0]
DeviceName: Onboard - Ethernet
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0074]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller [10ec:8125] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7c79]
Kernel modules: r8169
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9462/9560 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus ID: 00:14.3
IF: wlo1 state: up mac:
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A
port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0

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    instead of like this:

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    (as that makes our life much easier so you get helped more quickly and efficiently)

  2. Also if you provide the network section of an inxi --full --system --admin --verbosity=7 --no-host --filter it will give us more information than just an lspci as inxi will also tell us whether the Ethernet driver is loaded or not.

:innocent:

Hey there,

Sorry about my previous ill try and use the code thingy.

~ >>> inxi --full --system --admin --verbosity=7 --no-host --filter            
System:
  Kernel: 5.6.15-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us 
  tz=Australia/Sydney driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 
  radeon.modeset=0 misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_GNOME_2003 quiet 
  systemd.show_status=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor 
  Desktop: Gnome 3.36.2 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.34.1 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C79) 
  v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.20 date: 07/22/2020 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.56 GiB used: 1.44 GiB (9.3%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-10500 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: N/A family: 6 model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 3 microcode: CC 
  L2 cache: 12.0 MiB bogomips: 74427 
  Speed: 801 MHz min/max: 800/4500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 801 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat 
  arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush 
  clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 
  dtherm dts ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu 
  fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs 
  ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce 
  md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe 
  pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand 
  rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 
  sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust 
  tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt 
  xsaves xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: nvidia v: 440.82 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1f06 
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.8 driver: nvidia compositor: gnome-shell 
  resolution: <xdpyinfo missing> 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 440.82 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:06c8 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f9 
  Device-3: SteelSeries ApS SteelSeries Arctis 5 type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-1:2 chip ID: 1038:1250 
  serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.6.15-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus ID: 00:14.3 
  chip ID: 8086:06f0 
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A 
  port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8125 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 667.4 MiB (0.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 
  size: 465.76 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 211070WD scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Facet 
  size: 14.91 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
  Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data was found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 11.67 GiB used: 667.4 MiB (5.6%) fs: overlay 
  source: ERR-102 label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-2: /run/miso/sfs/desktopfs raw size: 1.29 GiB size: <root required> 
  used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop2 label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-3: /run/miso/sfs/livefs raw size: 64.8 MiB size: <root required> 
  used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop0 label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-4: /run/miso/sfs/mhwdfs raw size: 603.0 MiB size: <root required> 
  used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop1 label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-5: /run/miso/sfs/rootfs raw size: 596.1 MiB size: <root required> 
  used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop3 label: N/A uuid: N/A 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 size: 100.0 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A uuid: A622-4CC8 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 size: 16.0 MiB fs: <root required> label: N/A 
  uuid: N/A 
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 size: 465.15 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 7E90253C9024FBF1 
  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 size: 505.0 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 5A50D67750D658F9 
  ID-5: /dev/sda1 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 4E6E4CA86E4C8AA3 
  ID-6: /dev/sdb1 size: 2.58 GiB fs: iso9660 label: MANJARO_GNOME_2003 
  uuid: 2020-06-06-09-50-25-00 
  ID-7: /dev/sdb2 size: 4.0 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI uuid: 57E8-A8ED 
USB:
  Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: SteelSeries ApS SteelSeries Arctis 5 type: Audio,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 1038:1250 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-5:3 info: [Maxxter] USB OPTICAL MOUSE type: Mouse,Keyboard 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 18f8:0f97 
  Device-3: 1-6:4 info: BY Tech Usb Gaming Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 258a:0016 
  Device-4: 1-10:5 info: SanDisk Cruzer Facet type: Mass Storage 
  driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 0781:5576 serial: <filter> 
  Hub: 1-11:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 05e3:0608 
  Device-5: 1-12:7 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 1462:7c79 serial: <filter> 
  Device-6: 1-14:8 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 
  rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0026 
  Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1 
  speed: 10 Gb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
  Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
  Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
  Hub: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
  Hub: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 50 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 314 Uptime: 5m Init: systemd v: 245 Compilers: gcc: N/A 
  Shell: zsh v: 5.8 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.37
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You’re on:

which is EOL, so as a first, can you add the 5.8, 5.4 LTS and 4.19 LTS and see if that does the trick?

  • Log off

  • Switch to TTY2 by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2

  • Log in there

  • Execute:

    sudo mhwd-kernel --install linux58
    sudo mhwd-kernel --install linux419
    sudo mhwd-kernel --install linux54
    
  • to ensure grub is showing, execute:

     sudo nano --backup /etc/default/grub
    
  • Change (or add?) the following 3 lines:

    GRUB_TIMEOUT=3
    #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
    #GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
    

    (3 or higher is fine, add the # before the lines above if those lines are present)

  • Ctrl+X Y Enter to save if there is anything to save

  • If you did save, execute:

     sudo update-grub
    
  • Reboot

  • Go to grub’s Advanced options

  • Choose these kernels one by one and try them out one by one in the following order: 5.8, 5.4, 4.19 and see if that helps.

If that doesn’t help, we might have to build the latest and greatest Realtek RTL8125 from source, but before we do that, please rule out any hardware problem and:

  • get a brand spanking new Ethernet cable
  • Hook that up to another port of your router / switch / hub / …
  • Reboot said network equipment just to be 100% safe.

:innocent:

hey fabby thank you for all this advice.

I will have to do it on the weekend so apologies for the delay, work has me busy this week.

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hey everyone and @Fabby

I fixed it finally, i found this little script on github which did it all for me and it worked straight up with kernel 5.8 from the latest manjaro 20.1 installation.

In the future, please mark a solution like this:
Solution
so that the next person that has the exact same problem you just had will benefit from your post as well as your question will now be in the “solved” status.

:wink:

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