-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Simon, I will check with him today to be sure, but I think the network card was already in the machine when he loaded Ubuntu 7.10 - which I think was a clean install.
He has found that when the system refuses to connect to the internet (he has ADSL) if he shuts it down and shifts the network card to a different PCI slot, on reboot into Linux, the system will connect to the internet the next time (sometimes the next two times) but then the next time will refuse to connect and even refuses to recognise eth0. Heracles Linux Wongy wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 23:01 +1100, Heracles wrote: >>> But ubuntu will connect once or twice IF I MOVE THE NETWORK CARD FROM >>> ONE SLOT TO ANOTHER between boots! > > I don't quite follow exactly what he means. > > If it is an upgrade, check for a file called /etc/iftab. If it is a new > NIC then the old NIC's MAC address may still be hardcoded in there and > preventing it from assigning eth0 to it. > > Simon Wong > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHTfp9ybPcBAs9CE8RAswUAKC2pxgAoXv4zHTDsrJD90v8lRAMewCfUhMT EHp0tcQMj/rq1Jc1pG5qxfA= =3PC6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
