P8Z77-V LK Drivers (ethernet) for Linux

[Jbudone]

Hey Tom!

I've finally got my computer built and ready to go Kubuntu is installed, and I'm noticing that it cannot connect to the internet through my working ethernet; also it doesn't have any Wireless options available either. I don't get my optical drive until next week so I haven't installed the drivers that come with the CD yet; however I'm doubtful that the CD would work since it says on the front, "run ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder"...what about us Linux guys? I went onto the website http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/P8Z77V_LK/#support_Download_8 and even though I don't see any drivers section, I did try downloading the BIOS and Firmware packages, both of which use .exe files.. What am I supposed to do? Any tips? Thanks Tom

 

[Jbudone]

Wow, Tom I'm sorry for so hastily putting the blame on Asus. If I could delete this thread I would, but so be it -- this was what fixed it for me,

edit /etc/network/interfaces to look like this,
[cpp]
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
[/cpp]
source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1494628

Thanks, Tom!