On Wednesday 03 Aug 2011 17:39:50 Grant wrote: > >> so the question becomes why does eth0 > >> appear under ifconfig on my laptop with net.eth0 stopped and the cable > >> unplugged? > >> > >> I thought it could be wicd on my laptop but I shut down the daemon > >> with no change. > > > > Try disabling the daemon from starting at boot 'rc-update delete wicd' > > and reboot, then see if the interface is up. > > You nailed it. eth0 was being brought up on my laptop by wicd. > Thanks a lot. Both systems have functioning NIC's now.
Glad you got this sorted. Is there a conclusion if we should be planning to move away from x11- drivers/radeon-ucode, net-wireless/b43-fwcutter, et al and use sys- kernel/linux-firmware instead? -- Regards, Mick
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