Comment 26 for bug 838200

I ran into this when I first installed Pangolin desktop on my xM rev C Beagleboard. Initial console messages about the adapter looked normal, but there were no lights on. After a couple of hours, ifconfig showed many packets transmitted but no packets received. I installed an outboard SMC adapter and went on my way. (The SMC adapter worked fine. The USB mouse and keyboard worked fine.)

The next time I rebooted (with power cycle) the adapter was back. LIghts blinked and packets were transmitted and received. To the best of my knowledge I didn't make any changes on the system. I tried a power cycle again with the SMC adapter disconnected this time, and the onboard adapter came back again.

For whatever it's worth, the on-board adapter worked fine in Natty earlier today.

The only other possibly relevant bit of information is that I have a USB KVM that disconnects the mouse and keyboard when I select another system. I have no idea why this should matter, but figured I should mention it.