> what happens if you do a ifconfig eth0 up ? I get the "No such device" error
> what are the contents of /etc/network/interfaces? $ cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo eth0 iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.33 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 gateway 192.168.0.1 dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1 > whats the output of lspci? $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82740 (i740) AGP Graphics Accelerator (rev 21) > you might also want to try to add 8139cp to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and > adding some of these boot options to /boot/grub/menu.lst: > irqpoll > pci=biosirq > pci=irqmasq I tried all of these together - still no luck. It still loads 8139cp despite it being in the blacklist file. I have tried removing and reloading 8139too and 8139cp, then restarting the network - still no luck. Will try new kernel from backports next. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]