I have a problem with my ethernet wired connection that doesn't work on ubuntu 13.10, using Intel 82579LM controller. On the same pc, windows 7 works perfectly, so I guess that it's a driver issue.
The "lshw" command says that installed driver is 2.3.2-k version, quite an old one.
I downloaded the last intel driver version e1000e-2.5.4.tar.gz, but... How to install the e1000e-2.5.4.tar.gz driver? I mean, now it's in my "home/Downloaded" folder. 2.1 - How to convert the e1000e-2.5.4.tar.gz in a "driver" format. I think I should compile it or something like that.
- Where to put the resulting driver file in order that the "modprobe e1000e" command can find it?
Thanks a lot. Of course, I'm a newbie, and as you can see my question is quite a general one: "How to update an old driver?"