Re: netdev watchdog eth0 transmit timed out
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 11:42:58AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote:
> g'day all,
>
> i've just set up a debian box for use as a server, using woody.
> everything has gone well apart from this message which keeps coming
> through every now and then:
>
> netdev watchdog eth0 transmit timed out
>
> i used the 2.4 kernel which came with the disks - 2.4.18-bf2.4. the
> network cards on the box both use the rtl8139 module.
I have the exact same issue - I have an onboard RTL8139 ethernet device
on my desktop. It works just fine with FreeBSD 4.7, and also with RedHat
8.0. However, I wouldn't work with the Debian 2.4.18-bf2boot floppy,
giving the same eth0 transmit timeout error.
I discovered that RedHat made a patch for the 8139too module which drives
this device, with that patch, it works. I built another boot floppy
with kernel 2.4.18 and the patch, and I was able to do a network-based
install of Debian, but the installation put in kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4,
and so, after a reboot, it was again unable to see a network, and I was
stuck. I rebooted with my custom boot floppy, downloaded a new kernel
.deb package (2.4.20), and tried to install it with dpkg -i, but it
failed with some errors, and since I am a complete newbie with Debian,
I didn't know what to do then and gave up.
I have wasted too much time with this now, and unless someone offers
a bright idea, I am going to go back to RedHat 8.0, or FreeBSD 4.7 on
my desktop.
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Anand Buddhdev
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