I have Linux on an embedded system. There is no graphic system, but I still have graphic errors. For example, if I type: ifconfig eth2 hw ether 00:0e:8c:d0:59:d2 I see: ifconfig eth hw ether 00:0e:8:2:2 If I type Enter, it accepts the command I typed, so it's just a matter of displaying. Everything is fine, when I log in via SSH.

Anyone any ideas, what could be the cause or where to look at?

Output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3100 Chipset Memory I/O Controller Hub
00:00.1 Unassigned class [ff00]: Intel Corporation 3100 DRAM Controller Error Reporting Registers
00:01.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 3100 Chipset Enhanced DMA Controller
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 3100 Chipset PCI Express Port A
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 3100 Chipset PCI Express Port A1
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset EHCI USB2 Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c9)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
03:01.0 Network controller: Siemens Nixdorf AG Device 4003 (rev 02)
03:01.1 Unassigned class [ff00]: Siemens Nixdorf AG Device 4003 (rev 02)
03:02.0 Ethernet controller: Siemens Nixdorf AG Device 4047 (rev 01)
03:03.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
03:04.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Siemens Nixdorf AG Device 4057 (rev 01)
04:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments XIO2000(A)/XIO2200(A) PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 44)
06:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments XIO2000(A)/XIO2200(A) PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
07:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Motion, Inc. SM720 Lynx3DM (rev c1)
07:01.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
07:01.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
07:01.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)

The whole thing is running on an Intel Core 2 Duo U2500