problems in installing realtek 8139 network card

[Per-Anton Rønning]

I have tried to remove the connection and reestablish it again, but I 
may have overlooked something.
So I'll try it again. Anything special I should look for to be sure that 
the removal is complete?

PA

Anne Wilson wrote:
> Whacky suggestion, but ISTR that on one occasion I had to actually remove a 
> network connection (which I did via system-config-network, I think) then 
> re-add it, before I could activate it.  It couldn't do much harm to try it, 
> anyway.  I don't like black-magic solutions, but I assume that something had 
> become lost/damaged/still referring to the old connection, and this was the 
> only way to get rid of it.
>
> Anne
>