I'm using the latest kernel released (2.6.32-24) and am having this problem. The only difference is warm rebooting works for mine.
This is my NIC, and it is an on-board ethernet chip belonging to Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Ubuntu 10.04 makes RTL8111/8168B network card unusable until cold reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573259 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