Appologies for taking so long to follow up on this thread, life got busy. * Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> [110630 07:11]: > On Wed 29 Jun 2011 at 21:09:18 -0700, John Magolske wrote: > > And now the ethernet-challenged machine is not connecting > > in the evening either [...] > > Can we discount the time of day factor?
Yes. > > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network > > Connection (rev 03) > > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 > > The 82567LM appears to be supported in the kernel by the e1000 module. > Is it on the system? > > locate e1000 > > Is it loaded on booting? > > lsmod | grep e1000 The e1000e module is loaded on booting: ~ % lsmod | grep e1000 e1000e 113198 0 This does appear to be a module-related problem. When I find the ethernet won't come up, I do: # rmmod -f e1000e # modprobe e1000e And the problem goes away. It's also possible that going through many cyles of suspend-to-ram could exacerbate the problem, but I'm not entirely sure. Thanks for the help, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110817060755.gb25...@s70206.gridserver.com