I can't recall - has a driver issue been ruled out? You could try booting from a ubuntu live cd (or knoppix or whatever)and see if the nic comes up then. -erik On 10/6/09, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > Nothing happened when I typed "ifconfig eth0 up", not even an error message. > Ethtool still gives no for "link detected", and the Ethernet light in the > DSL modem still stays dark. Is it time to give up on this NIC card yet, or > is there something else I can do? > > On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:07:59 -0500 (CDT) > Nate Carlson <tclug at natecarlson.com> wrote: > >> If "ifconfig eth0" doesn't say 'UP', try doing an 'ifconfig eth0 up' >> first, then do the ethtool to see if it gets a link. >> > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Erik Anderson http://andersonfam.org