Another machine on the same network connected to the same switch doesn't have such problems (running Karmic instead of Lucid). The problem may be that the other machine has an RTL8168c/8111c while the machine with problems has RTL8168d/8111d:
mys...@fine:~$ dmesg | grep RTL [ 2.368804] eth0: RTL8168c/8111c at 0xffffc9000066a000, 00:24:1d:d1:85:c5, XID 3c4000c0 IRQ 27 mys...@workstation:~$ dmesg | grep RTL [ 2.837919] eth0: RTL8168d/8111d at 0xffffc90000664000, 6c:f0:49:53:43:74, XID 083000c0 IRQ 31 So it seems the driver just includes fixes up to revision 02 of the device but doesn't apply them for revision 03: mys...@fine:~$ lspci | grep RTL 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) mys...@workstation:~$ lspci | grep RTL 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03) -- RTL8111/8168 Ethernet "link-down" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/544846 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
