Since the Kernel upgrade i still appear to be having some troubles with the network card; im using an X200 laptop that ships with a 82566DC-2 network card;
simonsigre@penfold:~$ uname -a
Linux penfold 2.6.27-5-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 3 00:38:23 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Since the Kernel upgrade i still appear to be having some troubles with the network card; im using an X200 laptop that ships with a 82566DC-2 network card;
simonsigre@ penfold: ~$ uname -a
Linux penfold 2.6.27-5-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 3 00:38:23 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
simonsigre@ penfold: ~$ sudo lshw
descripti on: Ethernet controller
product: 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
version: 03
capabilit ies: pm msi cap_list
configura tion: latency=0
*-network UNCLAIMED
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-usb:0
simonsigre@ penfold: ~$ sudo cat /var/log/dmesg | grep e1000
[ 2.567349] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.3.3.3-k4
[ 2.567352] e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation.
[ 2.567394] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 2.567405] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 2.636692] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 2.636708] e1000e: probe of 0000:00:19.0 failed with error -5
I went straight from 2.6.27.4 --> .5 could that be it?