Ethernet Card Configuration

[jeconti]

This is a new form for the seperate issue that arouse out of the other. The network card is a RealTek. Its source driver rtl8139.o is present in my kernel, and supported. When I type the command ifup eth0, it gives the error "Delaying eth0 initilization"

What the hell does this message mean?

[Lorithar]

It can mean two things,
1) the module did not load correctly for some reason,
2) the device cannot talk to a dhcp server...

Not knowning more about your network config I can't tell you how to fix the dhcp problem. To determine which of the above the problem is caused by, open a terminal as root, and at the command line type
ifconfig -a
and see if the interface exists. If there is no eth0, then the module did not load.
if there is an eth0 its because the interface cannot connect to a dhcp server and you need to change the configuration of the interface.