Well I finally gave up on via-rhine drivers working again (unresolved symbols), even though I reported them here 2 times. This was a D-Link (DFE-530TX) network card for my DSL connection, and ran on via-rhine drivers. None of the latest kernels would get fixed. I had to keep going back to 2.4.13-12 to get the good drivers. :( Kudzu even found that D-Link card when it was installed and configured it (and it is now unconfigured by Kudzu), and the latest card I just purchased also (which Kudzu beautifully configured), which was fondly enough, advertised as *Linux compatible*. This allowed eth0 to load immediately at system startup, with no other intervention.
I just hope that the via-rhine situation gets resolved before release for the next person that needs them. -Bill