Wired Network Disconnected - Greyed out?

[lars.thornqvist@pdahl.se]

I have been using Belkin F5D5055 Gigabit USB2.0 Ethernet adapter for quite some time with ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10. Then all of a sudden after some ubuntu update it stopped working.

Im running in a VM-Ware environment and everything has been working really smooth so far.

Now: When left click on Network manager in the top right corner it show:
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Wired Network (Advanced Micro Deviced [AMD].......
Auto eth0
Disconnect

Wired Network (Belkin F5D5055 Gig USB F5D5055)
disconnected <---- (Greyed out)
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I have made sure to set previligies correct (all boxes checked) in the user group admin settings.

Any advice???? It´s so strange that it just stop working.

Many thanks in advance!

Lars T