From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EBzuR-0000PT-0R for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:12:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j84J7rgd016034; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 19:07:53 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j84J03BH031493 for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 19:00:04 GMT Received: from host-66-38-192-210.dyn.295.ca ([66.38.192.210] helo=mail.295.ca) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EBzlf-0007Qi-NB for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:03:03 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.295.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE4AC10AC14E for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:03:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.295.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.295.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00499-02-62 for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:02:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from waltdnes.org (h209-135-108-145.gtcust.grouptelecom.net [209.135.108.145]) by mail.295.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id DA1D210AC1B9 for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:02:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:01:14 -0400 From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:01:14 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Network timeout, eth0 stopped Message-ID: <20050904190020.GA6279@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at 295.ca X-Archives-Salt: f407a4d0-88f0-4d85-a02a-e0931a712f23 X-Archives-Hash: 87bd6682071b71cefea919e3a09bca50 Approx a week ago, I got a new computer, AMD64 on a K8 Triton Gigabyte Triton Nforce 4 motherboard. Today, ethernet stopped functioning. I couldn't even get it to work with the Gentoo minimal install CD. It was running OK the past week with... "<*> Reverse Engineered nForce Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" built into the kernel (would be forcedeth as a module). I looks like it has died on me. My old backup machine, hooked up to the same 4-port ADSL-modem/router connects to the net just fine. I swapped the ethernet cables to check if it was a bad router port or cable. The old machine works, the new one doesn't. "m3000" is the machine's hostname. The following message shows up in my logs (and on tty12) when I try to access a web site... NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Sep 4 11:47:31 m3000 nv_stop_tx: TransmitterStatus remained busy<7>eth0: tx_timeout: dead entries! lspci -vv shows the following... 0000:00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a2) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device e000 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list