[Bug 29817] Intel Pro 1000 not detected.

[Alex Harrington]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29817

Affects: kernel-package (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
Onboard Intel Pro/1000 copper NIC not detected on Dell Dimension 9150.

lspci -v gives:
0000:04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 109a (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 01d1
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        Memory at ef7e0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Memory at ef800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
        I/O ports at cce0 [size=32]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

It seems Fedora have fixed this in one of their kernel package releases:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=430263

There is an article here showing the same problem:
http://blog.dataloss.nl/perma/ubuntu-510-breezy-on-dell-dimension-9150/

Fix stops working though if the user upgrades beyond 2.6.12-9.