On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:18:14 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 19:33 +0000, Beartooth wrote: >> Any time I first reboot and/or log in, doing /sbin/ifconfig gets me >> only what the network connection icons do : lo only, with no >> indication of any eth0 nor way to add one. > > I've had that on one box where ACPI and Linux didn't get along. I had > to tweak BIOS options. > > I'm wondering whether you'd better off to run the "neat" tool (a GUI > tool for network configuration), remove all the current hardware devices > configured, and try adding them again. Ouch! Well, I will if I have to; I guess I can copy them back from the post I just wrote, following up to Jim Cornette in this subthread. Would it be any easier to try tweaking the BIOS first? I might could get it to see my CD-Writer that way, too ... -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.