It should be noted that this is not a black and white case of the card never working. it still works to allow the system to pxe install and is accesible for a few minutes after boot (the firmware error is being echoed at 1385 in the log, over 20 minutes after booting)
** Description changed: After installing Precise Beta1 on this server, the network card is not usable and this message appears in dmesg: [ 1385.620013] tg3 0000:01:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update. Running ifconfig shows only an inet6 address. The system is not accesible by ssh (obviously) but we were able to retrieve dmesg manually. + + The system was PxE installed so at some level the network hardware is + working. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960311 Title: Networking on Dell PowerEdge R300 with Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5722 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express is not functional To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/960311/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
