[Gllug] 8139 driver problem

[Tushar Joshi]

Strange I use these cards in all the machines and have had no problems.
Maybe it's a redhat problem? I've used all kernels from 2.40 with them
without problems. Or maybe it's your switch, I have the 8139 compiled into
the kernel and not a module.

Tushar

On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 04:14:38PM +0200, Jonathan Dye wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a RealTek 8139 Network card and am running RedHat 7.1 with updated
> rpm's (Including the kernel rpm making it version 2.4.3-12).  My network
> connection keeps being dropped (By dropped I mean it doesn't respond to any
> network traffic even though the link lights are on) for no apparent reason
> and the only problem I can see in the log files is the following:
> media is unconnected, link down, or incompatible connection
> 
> But this happens at boot time and the link can be running for ages before
> anything goes wrong.  I don't think I had any problems with the default
> RH7.1 kernel (2.4.2 I think) but I only had it running for about 2 hours
> before upgrading.
> 
> I don't know which (if any) log/configuration files are needed to diagnose
> this so I haven't included any with this mail.
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on this or tell me how to downgrade my kernel rpm
> or where to find a patch so that I can fix my current kernel source and
> compile my own?
> 
> JD
> 
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