[GLLUG] Debian 9 Intel Pro 1000 card problems

[Henrik Morsing]

On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 09:28:19PM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
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>I too would suspect an ethernet software/driver problem, followed by
>overheating. As far as I know all default to the simplest and slowest mode,
>then negotiate the optimum working conditions.

Thanks, I don't think it's over-heating.

Whilst Googling I kept coming across this statement:

" The e1000 driver is changed to a kernel only support model."

What does that mean?

The e1000 driver has been around for a pretty long time, I'm really surprised it has problems. 

Any idea why it insists on starting up in half-duplex and do I need to set a kernel command line option to fix it?

Thanks