Confirmed, this problem still exists in the 10.04 release. This is a nasty issue, which took me a day to find out and work around. Quite unexpected that a Windows driver setting would affect operability under Linux.
Unfortunately, this bug looks like not to get any attention of the ubuntu-kernel-team :( -- Realtek 8139 ethernet interface fails in Ubuntu (and several other Linux distros) after changes made to interface by Windows Update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156496 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