Hello all,
Can someone provide a clue as to how this problem can be solved?
Basically, it seems as though the OS is not recognizing my ethernet card. >:(
I have been following this thread for help:
Realtek 8139 Network Card Problem - openSUSE Forums
This is what I have done thus far:
-> uname -a
Linux simba 2.6.22.5-31-default #1 SMP 2007/09/21 UTC x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-> lspci | grep Ethernet
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown Device 07dc (rev a2)
→ ifconfig -a
lo Link encap Loopback
inet address : 127.0.0.1 Mask: 255.0.0.0
inet 6 addr:: 1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNINGMTU: 16436
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Main thing: The loopback address(lo) is mentioned but not the ethernet (eth0).
-> cat /etc/udev/rules.d/30-net_persistent_names.rules
There is no such file in this directory 
-> ifup eth0
Interface eth0 is not available
-> ifdowneth0
Interface eth0 is not available
Yast does not autodetect my ethernet card - but - I was not connected to the network when installing the OS.
What can I do now?
TIA