VIA VT6102 Onboard NIC

[Ross McKillop <rossmck@mac.com>]

Hi,

I have recently installed debian using the net install CD image.

During the installation the system connected to the internet (after  
being manually given an IP number as DHCP is temperamental on this  
network at best) downloaded all of the base system, then rebooted.

On reboot the network card doesnt appear to work at all.

dmesg identifies the card fine as VIA VT6102 Rhine-II 0xc000, however  
the error "eth0: NETDEV WATCHDOG: Transmit failed status 003, PHY  
status 786d" appears when trying anything involving network  
connectivity.

ipconfig shows the interface fully configured.

I'm newish to debian but not to linux, and this has me rather  
confused. I cant, for one, work out why the network card would work  
perfectly during the initial installation but not afterwards.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ross