I've found the following msg about NX and I've enabled it. Maybe this is the reason why network card hanged previously?
Linux exodo4 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Welcome to Ubuntu! * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ Your CPU appears to be lacking expected security protections. Please check your BIOS settings, or for more information, run: /usr/bin/check-bios-nx --verbose 0 packages can be updated. 0 updates are security updates. /usr/bin/X11/xauth: creating new authority file /home/usuario/.Xauthority usua...@exodo4:~$ /usr/bin/check-bios-nx --verbose This CPU is family 6, model 14, and has NX capabilities but is unable to use these protective features because the BIOS is configured to disable the capability. Please enable this in your BIOS. For more details, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/CPUFeatures usua...@exodo4:~$ -- tainted kernel ioremap https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/510615 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs