Public bug reported: After latest reboot, which *probably* upgraded the kernel to 2.6.24-22-generic #1 SMP Mon Nov 24 19:35:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux, I discovered that one of my network cards didn't work anymore.
#lspci -vvnn |grep -i eth|ral 04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 01) 05:02.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] [10b7:9055] (rev 30) Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 [10b7:9055] 05:04.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI [1814:0201] (rev 01) in dmesg: [ 26.965863] 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. [ 26.965872] 0000:05:02.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at ffffc2000103c000. [ 27.069732] *** EEPROM MAC address is invalid. [ 27.069735] 3c59x: vortex_probe1 fails. Returns -22 [ 27.069741] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:05:02.0 disabled [ 27.069766] 3c59x: probe of 0000:05:02.0 failed with error -22 lsmod|grep 3c eeprom_93cx6 3840 1 rt2500pci 3c59x 51764 0 mii 7552 1 3c59x cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.20.30.40 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.20.30.41 auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static address 192.168.0.82 wireless-essid linksys -> eth0 works fine, but eth1 doesn't show up anywhere. #ifconfig eth1 eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- EEPROM MAC address is invalid on 3c59x after upgrade to kernel 2.6.24-22-generic #1 SMP Mon Nov 24 19:35:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312626 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