> > If I understand you correctly, you still have network problems even > though udev now reliably assigns eth0 to the nvidia NIC. Can you post > your entire /etc/network/interfaces as well as the output of > "/sbin/ifconfig" and "dmesg | grep forcedeth" (right after boot), so > that we can have a closer look? >
Here you go /etc/network/interfaces: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 143.107.130.137 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 143.107.130.0 broadcast 143.107.130.255 gateway 143.107.130.1 # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed dns-nameservers 143.107.130.9 hwaddress ether 00:00:6C:B0:BA:A7 /sbin/ifconfig: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:6C:B0:BA:A7 inet addr:143.107.130.137 Bcast:143.107.130.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::200:6cff:feb0:baa7/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:147 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:14136 (13.8 KiB) TX bytes:3198 (3.1 KiB) Interrupt:193 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:560 (560.0 b) TX bytes:560 (560.0 b) dmesg | grep "eth": forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.56. forcedeth: using HIGHDMA eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01028:020e bound to 0000:00:07.0 eth0: no IPv6 routers present Also, while I rebooted there was a problem reported about eth5 (wtf?) and SIOCSIFNETMASK (I couldn't read it all) As before, he couldn't find any network devices (according to the GNOME "thing" on the upper-right corner, the one that resembles a net cable plug) despite the result of ifconfig. If I delete my devices in both 'z25_persistent-net.rules' and on '/etc/network/interfaces' I get it working again. The requested outputs look like these at the moment: '/etc/network/interfaces': # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface iface eth0 inet static address 143.107.130.137 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 143.107.130.1 auto eth0 /sbin/ifconfig: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:6C:CD:FD:99 inet addr:143.107.130.137 Bcast:143.107.130.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::200:6cff:fecd:fd99/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2887 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1178332 (1.1 MiB) TX bytes:314589 (307.2 KiB) Interrupt:193 Base address:0xc000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:560 (560.0 b) TX bytes:560 (560.0 b) dmesg | grep "eth": forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.56. forcedeth: using HIGHDMA eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01028:020e bound to 0000:00:07.0 eth0: no IPv6 routers present eth0: no IPv6 routers present -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]