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Re: Network problem

Hmmm... mine shows:

blade:root:/var/log# modinfo atl1ce
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c.ko 
version:        1.0.0.2-NAPI
license:        GPL
description:    Atheros 1000M Ethernet Network Driver
author:         Jie Yang <jie.yang@atheros.com>
srcversion:     8160DE57184B0C6C760D53E
alias:          pci:v00001969d00001073sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00002062sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00002060sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00001062sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00001063sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.32-5-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions

Maybe a kernel upgrade would help... I guess I'll try that first.
On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:00:19 +0100, Dean Hamstead <dean@fragfest.com.au> wrote: 


here is the driver version in k3.1

root@astrotrain:/home/dean# modinfo atl1c
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c.ko 
version:        1.0.1.0-NAPI
license:        GPL
description:    Atheros 1000M Ethernet Network Driver
author:         Jie Yang <jie.yang@atheros.com>
srcversion:     6B5B83F39487C00C3BF2E83
alias:          pci:v00001969d00001083sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00001073sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00002062sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00002060sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00001062sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00001063sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.1.0-1-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions
If the version is the same in your kernel, its very unlikely that a kernel update will help. There doesnt appear to be any specific module options, so thats not something that can be explored.
You can of course, email the driver author. They are almost always interested to know if a reproducible bug has been found. 


Dean

On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:24:44 +0100, regexes wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for the reply...

kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64
Driver: atl1c

I tried unloading and loading the driver but it didn't work though.
I'll  try some of your other suggestions. Maybe I'll find something.

regexes

On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:59:46 +0100, Dean Hamstead
<dean@fragfest.com.au>  wrote:
The kernel may not be aware that something is wrong. Your email has garbled which driver is in use, could you please clarify and also which kernel version are you using? 

Some steps i suggest are...
- see if traffic is leaving your machine (mirror ports, hubs or a cross over to another machine. then use tcpdump or wireshark) 
- try unloading and loading the driver, does it work again?
- check what options are available for the driver, and play with any you might have 
- update your kernel


some more exotic things to check...
- check that iptables isnt being triggered by something?
- it could be an irq conflict, especially if the card (or driver) doesnt play nicely with shared irqs. you may be able to clear the share by disabling an unused serial or parallel port - following from the above, you could change to polled rather than irq and see what happens. polling uses lots more cpu (ok thats an over simplification, it is better in some circumstances) 
- maybe your dns lease is expiring?


Dean


On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:44:04 +0100, regexes wrote:

Hello everyone,
I just aquired a new Lenovo G770 laptop and am having a strange issue with 
the Ethernet Controller.
Network connection works fine for a few minutes then dies. The interface is still configured though but it just stops working. There are no error 
messages in dmesg either.
My router is not a problem. Access is granted and it does work to begin 
with and the logs show nothing abnormal.
I've seen a few threads concering the G770 with Ubuntu but nothing that 
addresses this problem.

Output of ifconfig -a

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                  inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Mask:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
                  inet6 addr: xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Scope:Link
                  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
RX packets:3983 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3139 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1 
                  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4773236 (4.5 MiB) TX bytes:457213 (446.4 KiB) 
                  Interrupt:27


The output of lspic -v
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8152 v2.0 Fast
Ethernet (rev c1)
                Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3979
                Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
Memory at d0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K] 
                I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
                Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ 
                Capabilities: [58] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
                Capabilities: [6c] Vital Product Data
                Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
                Capabilities: [180] Device Serial Number
xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
                Kernel driver in use: atl101:00.0
Anybody have an idea what could be happening with the Eternet controller 
and how I can fix it?

Another issue are the function keys. On my old Thinkpad, the
tpb package worked very well, however, that package isn't available on
amd64. What other possibility is there to get the function keys to work? 

Thanks for any help!
regexes





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