I recently replaced the power supply on my computer when the original one 
started to whine.

Now - if I boot Solaris (Nevada 41) with the network cable connected, the 
system stops at:
NOTICE: nge0: link 100Mbps Full-Duplex up
It doesn't respond to a ctrl-C.

I can boot into Solaris without the cable attached but it is *slow*. When I log 
on (Gnome), I can eventually start up a terminal but this is after minutes of 
waiting and/or multiple requests.

If I then connect the machine to the network, the desktop stops responding to 
the mouse/keyboard. The Caps Lock key does not light up when toggled on/off. If 
I disconnect the cable again, the desktop stays frozen - it doesn't just start 
responding again.

Strangely - I can ping the machine from another host. I thought this was crazy, 
so I watched the pings fail when I removed the network cable, and succeed again 
when I re-inserted it. I don't think I ever enabled sshd on the machine, and I 
can't ssh onto it.

I've tried this with different cables, and different routers without any 
variance in the result. The computer dual-boots into Windows and under that OS, 
everything works fine.

I don't have anything on the machine that I can't afford to lose. It's just a 
bashbox for me to learn Solaris. I can try a fresh install of a more recent 
build, but this problem doesn't seem intractable and I'm interested to know 
what might be the cause.

Hardware:
Opteron 2.2GHz
Asus A8N-VM CSM Motherboard
Built-in NVidia Gigabit Ethernet
USB Mouse/KeyBoard
 
 
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