Intrepid networking

[Steven Davies-Morris]

James Collier wrote:
> Turned out simple!
> When I started Ubuntu again to try to glean some more information eth0
> was back up and running. Still not sure what's happening here.
> I'm using a nVidia chipset so the forcedeth driver, I think it's more
> likely to be NetworkManager... but that's only a hunch.
> 
> James C
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frans <ketelaars at wanadoo.nl>
> Reply-to: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Intrepid networking
> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:35:43 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:36:43 +0000, James Collier wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I tested all the way through Intrepid's Alpha's, just got the Beta
>> tonight and suddenlt wired networking doesn't work. //I'm emailing from
>> a live USB stick running SLAX I can't remember exactly what version
>> NetwatkManager updated to. See discussion at
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=939934 That update also
>> included the -6 kernel.
>>
>> I was just wondering if anyone else was experiencing networking trouble
>> with this and if anyone can shed any light on the matter. Thanks,
>>
>> James C
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/263555 might be the 
> problem if you where using the e1000e driver. AFAIK the e1000e driver was 
> disabled in the beta release, but it should now be possible to use it 
> safely with the latest kernel.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
>     -Frans
> 
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This link might shed some light on what is going on:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/279262>

I had the same problem grab me when I updated the Intrepid beta from
repositories on Monday.  Annoying.
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