eth0 device down

[Eberhard Roloff]

Nils Kassube wrote:

> And maybe here is the solution. From 
> <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=529769>:
> 
> | I added acpi=off to /boot/grub/menu.lst which made eth0 show up
> 
I googled for "8139too problem" and indeed,
acpi=off added to your /boot/grub/menu.lst is one of the more common 
problem solvers.

You need to simply enter it on the "kernel" line of your
dfault ubuntu start entry.

I would suggest that you try it quickly and report back on what you get.

regards
Eberhard