11.2 Not Recognizing Some Ethernet Cards

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Hi there,
I’ve installed OpenSUSE 11.2 on my computer. Well, 11.2 is great and all, but issuing ifconfig yields only loopback device. Now, I have OpenSUSE 11.0 installed on my notebook; the system works fine, although I had that very problem initially and had to recompile the kernel in order to make it recognize my notebook’s ethernet card. My question is: If I upgrade my notebook’s 11.0 up to 11.2, am I sure to have my files intact? Is 11.2 sure to “see” the ethernet card?

Thank you.

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AFAIK these problems have been solved with the latest kernels. Tested about 20 different cards during holidays on a 32bit and a 64bit system with 11.2; all worked fine, no exception. If I were you I’d go for a clean install.

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Well, did 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter happen to be among those 20? :wink: For I have that specific thing on my notebook.