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I have a new Mac Mini (MacMini6,1 late 2012) that I would like to install Ubuntu Server 13.04 (ubuntu-13.04-server-amd64+mac.iso) on. But it seems like Ubuntu Server isn't able to detect my network interface, because I get the message:

No network interfaces detected

How can I fix this issue? Is there any module or driver that I can add for this?

I have now tried to install Ubuntu Server with the build-essentials package and downloaded source to the tg3-driver as suggested in the answers. But when compiling (with the make command) I get errors:

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cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [/home/jonas/tg3-3.129d/tg3.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/jonas/tg3-3.129d] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic`
make: *** [default] Error 2

Any suggestions?

Tim
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  • you may find this other question useful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/288454/ubuntu-13-04-on-mac-mini-6-2-ethernet-port-broadcom-netxtreme-bcm57766-not-detec – Nelson May 08 '13 at 18:27
  • Does lspci show the card? Do you get link light? lspci should give you a clue on what type of card it is. You may need the restricted drivers for that card or the broadcom packages if you're doing minimal-cd. –  May 10 '13 at 13:47
  • @universalhacker: the wired nic has id `[14e4:1686]` BCM57766 and the wireless nic has id `[14e4:4331]` BCM4331, from `lspci`. – Jonas Jun 23 '13 at 14:09
  • For these error that you got see this [Post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11561261/cc1-warnings-being-treated-as-errors). – Mitch Jun 29 '13 at 19:10

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Go into bios; check to see if Virtualization (VT-d) is enabled. Try again. If that doesnt work...

Get driver here: http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netxtreme_desktop.php Copy to USB disk and configure.

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I have been trying to install Ubuntu on my Mac Mini, and been having all sorts of problems, one of which is Network. So here is what I did.

I updated the firmware

Then I installed Ubuntu without network, and when the installation was done, I downloaded and installed the driver, and it all worked OK.

Now, my Mini is a G4 mini, and of course with different hardware. The links included are for your machine, but do make sure of the firmware before you update it. I don't know that this will work for you, but it did for me. You can try and see if it'll work for you.

To compile the driver:

Inside the tg3-3.129d.tar.gz file, there's a readme.txt that has the instructions. Make and all that you need to install are inside the tg3-3.129d.tar.gz file.

Here what I did. I made sure that I disconnected LAN. I copied the file to my Downloads folder, right clicked on the file, and clicked on extract here. The I went to the extracted folder, from terminal, and typed:

make

That compiled the driver for my Kernel. Inside the file one of the steps says to do cd src, I didn't do that, just typed make at the prompt, and that did it.

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  • I have to compile the driver, how do I get `make` and such tools without Internet connectivity? – Jonas Jun 29 '13 at 04:32
  • See the added info in my answer. That the way I did it, and it works OK :) – Mitch Jun 29 '13 at 05:30
  • I my extracted `tg3-3.129d/` folder I only have C source files and a Makefile, but not any `Make` binaries. – Jonas Jun 29 '13 at 11:31
  • see my update, my compilation fails – Jonas Jun 29 '13 at 14:12
  • Did the .deb file work? – Mitch Jun 29 '13 at 14:26
  • The dev-file was for build tools? I did a new installation and installed the `build essentials` package instead, but now the driver compilation fails – Jonas Jun 29 '13 at 14:36
  • No the file I include in this [link](https://www.dropbox.com/s/fwytyn7zr91xzdp/tg3_3.129d-1_amd64.deb), the conversion from rpm to deb. Did you try that? – Mitch Jun 29 '13 at 14:38