Allright. Here is my /proc/pci output -------------------------------------------------------------- PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: PCI device 1039:0648 (Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]) (rev 80). Master Capable. Latency=32. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xebffffff]. Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: PCI device 1039:0003 (Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]) (rev 0). Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=14. Bus 0, device 2, function 0: ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513 (rev 20). Bus 0, device 2, function 5: IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 0). Master Capable. Latency=128. I/O at 0xf000 [0xf00f]. Bus 0, device 2, function 7: Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 160). IRQ 18. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=52.Max Lat=11. I/O at 0xd800 [0xd8ff]. I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc7f]. Bus 0, device 3, function 0: USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 15). IRQ 20. Master Capable. Latency=32. Max Lat=80. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xef001000 [0xef001fff]. Bus 0, device 3, function 1: USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (#2) (rev 15). IRQ 21. Master Capable. Latency=32. Max Lat=80. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xef002000 [0xef002fff]. Bus 0, device 3, function 2: USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (#3) (rev 15). IRQ 22. Master Capable. Latency=32. Max Lat=80. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xef003000 [0xef003fff]. Bus 0, device 3, function 3: USB Controller: PCI device 1039:7002 (Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]) (rev 0). IRQ 23. Master Capable. Latency=32. Max Lat=80. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xef004000 [0xef004fff]. Bus 0, device 10, function 0: Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane (rev 48). IRQ 18. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10. I/O at 0xe000 [0xe07f]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xef005000 [0xef00507f]. Bus 0, device 11, function 0: Communication controller: PCI device 11c1:048f (Lucent Microelectronics) (rev 2). IRQ 19. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=252.Max Lat=14. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xef006000 [0xef0060ff]. I/O at 0xe400 [0xe407]. I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff]. Bus 1, device 0, function 0: VGA compatible controller: PCI device 10de:0181 (nVidia Corporation) (rev 162). IRQ 16. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xec000000 [0xecffffff]. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe7ffffff]. ------------------------------------------------------------- The ethernet card owns the IRQ 18 the same happens with the multimedia controller. well, what have i to do now? mii-diag is not installed on my system, does the SL 9 pro cds contains that package? ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.mail.gr/ - Get Your Private Free Email Address! http://www.ringtone.gr/ - Ringtones & Logos for your mobile!