I have the same behaviour since upgrade to Lucid, and this bug is not fixed for me with current kernel 2.6.32-24-generic. Still getting broken MAC address after reboot. # lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8 Memory at (32-bit, prefetchable) Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.0 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface Capabilities: [58] HyperTransport: Interrupt Discovery and Configuration Kernel driver in use: agpgart-amd64 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: f0000000-f00fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-efffffff Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel modules: shpchp 00:0a.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. Device 6701 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 Memory at f0122000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: saa7134 Kernel modules: saa7134 00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07) Subsystem: Creative Labs Device 8061 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 I/O ports at e000 [size=32] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 Kernel driver in use: EMU10K1_Audigy Kernel modules: snd-emu10k1 00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 07) Subsystem: Creative Labs Device 0020 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 I/O ports at e100 [size=8] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 Kernel driver in use: Emu10k1_gameport Kernel modules: emu10k1-gp 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 094c Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 I/O ports at e200 [size=256] Memory at f0120000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 60000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7094 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20 I/O ports at e300 [size=8] I/O ports at e400 [size=4] I/O ports at e500 [size=8] I/O ports at e600 [size=4] I/O ports at e700 [size=16] I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: sata_via Kernel modules: sata_via 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7094 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] I/O ports at e900 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: pata_via Kernel modules: pata_via 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7094 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at ea00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7094 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at eb00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7094 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at ec00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7094 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at ed00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) (prog-if 20) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7094 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 Memory at f0121000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Kernel modules: i2c-viapro 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device b010 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 22 I/O ports at ee00 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: VIA 82xx Audio Kernel modules: snd-via82xx 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map Flags: fast devsel 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller Flags: fast devsel Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control Flags: fast devsel Kernel driver in use: k8temp Kernel modules: k8temp 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV620 LE AGP [Radeon HD 3450] Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device 0028 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at d000 [size=256] Memory at f0020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at f0000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0 Kernel driver in use: radeon Kernel modules: radeon