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Package: linux-image-2.6.29-1-686
Version: 2.6.29-1
Severity: normal
I'm using an Eee PC 701, which has a wired interface:
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter (rev a0)
This has worked fine with previous kernel versions. After upgrading
to .29, I find that after a few deciminutes the network stops working
completely. mtr, for example, can't see packets come or go.
There is nothing reported in dmesg after the initial boot messages
except about the ath5k ("phy0: noise floor calibration timeout") and
snd-hda-intel drivers.
I also tried different cat5 cables and wall points, and manually
assigning a different IP address to the one that DHCP has been giving
me (successfully) for weeks. Nor does an "ifdown --force eth0 && ifup
eth0" help at all. The only thing that fixes the wired NIC is to do a
full reboot.
>From memory (I did the test on Friday), mii-tool reported a 100mbit
link even after the failure. traceroute didn't show anything
interesting either.
As an interim measure I have downgraded back to .26, and this has been
working for twenty-five minutes so far without the NIC dying.
Prior to the failure, on a .29 kernel, "mtr google.com.au" reported a
40% to 60% packet loss to one of the internal routers in the office,
192.168.2.254. That host was the second hop. Neither the first hop
(another internal router) nor the later hops (at the ISP or on
internet) had such packet loss.
This problem also first manifested after a large storm, which knocked
out some of our routers but not the Eee PC. I initially thought that
this storm had caused a physical problem in the device, but 1)
rebooting all our routers and switches didn't help; and 2) using a .26
kernel seems to make the problem go away. Therefore I think the storm
was simply coincidental, it just happened to also be the first time I
used the wired NIC under .29.
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.29-1-686 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.26 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.93.1 tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.7-pre9-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.29-1-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.9-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.29-1-686 suggests:
ii grub 0.97-47lenny2 GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy v
pn linux-doc-2.6.29 <none> (no description available)
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linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.29-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.29-1-686: true
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linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.29-1-686:
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linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.29-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.29-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.29-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.29-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.29-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.29-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.29-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.29-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.29-1-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.29-1-686: true
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