Wm. Josiah Erikson [josiah@cw.insanetechnology.com] wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have debian sarge with kernel 2.4.20 on a Compaq XP1000 (500Mhz
> EV6 with 512MB of RAM), and the ethernet randomly "freezes" all the time,
> for anywhere from 1 second to 30 seconds or so. I've tried this with three
> different ethernet cards - an RTL8139, a 3c905-TX, and the original
> DECChip tulip card. All exhibited exactly the same behavior. I tried
> changing the ethernet cable, and plugging it into an HP 10Mbit switch
> instead of the Cisco 3500XL that it's normally plugged into. Does anybody
> have any clues as to why this would be? Is more information needed? Should
> I report this to the kernel list instead? I can send my kernel config if
> that would be useful (it's a custom kernel, as all of mine are)
I have the same problem with my CS20 and the stock 2.4.20 debian
unstable kernel.
I compiled a new kernel by hand, and compiled-in my ethernet driver
(eepro100) and the problem has gone away. I am using a D-Link 8-port
switch, and I don't think that's the problem.
Try compiling in the ethernet driver rather than a module. The kernel I
compiled that worked is 2.4.21-pre7 + super-page patch. But I'm pretty
sure I fixed it a month ago with a hand-compiled stock 2.4.20 (again the
ethernet module would have been compiled in).
If you can get this fixed I'd be interested to know what is causing
it...
Cheers,
Bob McElrath [Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics]
"You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the
freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman
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