My dell laptop E6510 had its motherboard replaced (as it turned out, for no good reason) and now the wired ethernet fails.
ajglap gottlieb # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart * Bringing up interface eth0 * ERROR: interface eth0 does not exist * Ensure that you have loaded the correct kernel module for your hardware * ERROR: net.eth0 failed to start I am hoping it is some wrong setting in the bios, but the only one I see says the ethernet can be disabled enabled enabled (with pxe) I tried both of the enabled variants with the same outcome. I don't think I changed the kernel during that time, but I did try two older kernels; again with no change. I believe I have the correct driver built into the kernel ajglap gottlieb # lspci -v [snip] 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05) Subsystem: Dell Device 040b Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42 Memory at e9600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Memory at e9680000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at 8040 [size=32] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [e0] PCI Advanced Features Kernel driver in use: e1000e Any help would be appreciated. thanks, allan