My forecedeth based NICs actually work now as of Maverick. I was running a maverick live cd on the system I've been having this problem with and noticed it worked out of the box. I upgraded to maverick that night and it's been bliss since. If it helps any, here's some command output:
ADR-super:~$ uname -a Linux ADR-super 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 02:41:37 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux ADR-super:~$ lspci | grep -i ether 00:11.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2) 00:12.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2) ADR-super:~$ dmesg | grep -E 'eth[0-9]' [ 1.311826] forcedeth 0000:00:11.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x5043 @ 19, addr 00:1a:92:83:1c:31 [ 1.840590] forcedeth 0000:00:12.0: ifname eth1, PHY OUI 0x5043 @ 19, addr 00:1a:92:83:2b:cc [ 12.551658] udev[487]: renamed network interface eth1 to eth2 [ 12.580380] udev[486]: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1 [ 40.467322] eth2: no link during initialization. [ 40.468368] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready [ 50.730009] eth1: no IPv6 routers present -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315947 Title: forcedeth NIC fails to operate -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
