Eth0 locked / duplicate IP address

Hi, Installation of SuSE 10 RC 1 went very smoothly. I have a problem with configuring a static IP at work. Yast error messages that a duplicate address exists on the network (it doesn't and the network interface isn't up anyway ). If I try ifup -eth0 then it errors out with device is already in use. Ifconfig -a reveals that eth0 is not up. How do I find the process that is locking the network card?? (PS. I have to use 10 as 9.3 does not seem to support this laptop) TIA F (saddly my first email from a win machine in a long time : the quicker I can get 10 working the better.) _________________________________________ Check your Email accounts at MyEmail.com Login from home, work, school. Anywhere!