Re: 8139too on 2.2.19 ?
> my mom is (still) having trouble with a d-link 8139 dfe+ pci nic. i've
> used them on 3 pc's, with both potato and woody, and both 2.2.x and
> 2.4.x kernels. she was running a vanila potato install, with the
> 2.2.19pre1 kernel. rtl8139 (using modconf) failed to insert. she tried
> everything... different irq's, irq settings in bios and PnP. i told her
> how great they worked for me!
> so, i mailed her my woody cd #1 that i downloaded back in november. she
> now has that installed (and is very happy). it defaulted to kernel
> 2.2.19 (no pre1). her nic was autodetected, and the 8139too module was
> inserted. now, that's weird- i've never seen (or tried) 8139too on 2.2.x
> kernels. so, i had her set up her interfaces file, and networking
> restart. dhcp is giving her probs., so to rule that out (for now) i
> assigned her ip statically. the interface comes up, and she tried to
> ping herself (192.168.1.1) and gets "neighbour buffer overflow" which
> i've never seen. any thoughts?
> i've also mailed her an isa 3com. we may try that, or even a 2.4.x
> kernel. it's weird for me 'cause i never had a problem with those
> d-links, and never used 8139too with 2.2 kernels, and also never had
> that buffer error!
>
> has anyone ever seen these errors or have suggestions?
>
My friend kelly is having the same problem. We're going to try the 8139too
for him, because people on the list are suggesting it.
But I have the same card and never had to use the too on 2.2.
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