Public bug reported: After installing edgy on Compal HGL30 and HGL31 lapotps, the Realtek ethernet controller seems supported and appears in the output of ifconfig -a. However, no IP address is assigned automatically to the interface on a network where a DHCP server is running. So, dhclient needs to be called manually and an IP address is then assigned to the interface.
This happens for both machines which have exactly the same ethernet controller. This also happens consistently after each reboot. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Realtek ethernet controller detected but no automatic dhcp on edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/81782 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs