[gentoo-user] NIC works fine with Gentoo Live CD, not so good without.

[gentoo-user] NIC works fine with Gentoo Live CD, not so good without.

[Jeff]

Ok gang, this one absolutely boggles me.

My system:

AMD64 w/1.5G RAM, 200G HD, Audigy2, Realtek NIC, nVidia 6800GS.

So, here's my NIC as it appears in lspci (both with the Live CD, and my
current install):

02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

And the driver:

8139too 28992 0

Now then... as of 2 days ago, I've been noticing that my ethernet has
been acting really whacky, with random ping times and flaky web surfing.
Example ping:

jmg ~ # ping yahoo.com -c 10
PING yahoo.com (66.94.234.13) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47
time=627 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=2 ttl=48
time=696 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=3 ttl=47
time=85.5 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=4 ttl=48
time=728 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=5 ttl=48
time=96.4 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=6 ttl=47
time=764 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=7 ttl=47
time=132 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=8 ttl=48
time=800 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=9 ttl=48
time=164 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=10 ttl=48
time=833 ms

--- yahoo.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9027ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.529/492.918/833.156/309.889 ms

Look at those times. Strange eh? Even more strange, I get a nice even
30-40ms ping when booting with the AMD64 Gentoo CD, so I've ruled out
that my NIC card could be broken. I've also checked my iptables to make
sure nothing's being blocked/dropped, and that looks fine.

Here's ifconfig:

jmg ~ # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D4:63:AB:45
inet addr:192.168.100.69 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:d4ff:fe63:ab45/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1717 errors:2 dropped:4 overruns:1 frame:0
TX packets:1389 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1221100 (1.1 Mb) TX bytes:224935 (219.6 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Look at eth0. Errors? Drops? Overruns? Why? What could be wrong with
this NIC all of the sudden? Again, I have 0 problems when booting the
same exact setup with the Live CD.

After doing some simple troubleshooting, I'll admit, I'm stumped. Any
idea why my NIC works great with the Live CD and not with my currently
running system?

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Re: [gentoo-user] NIC works fine with Gentoo Live CD, not so good without.

[Hans-Werner Hilse]

Hi,

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:49:23 -0500
Jeff <jmg_071769@comcast.net> wrote:

> And the driver:
> 
> 8139too 28992 0
> 
> Now then... as of 2 days ago, I've been noticing that my ethernet has
> been acting really whacky, with random ping times and flaky web surfing.

Did you try playing with 8139too's kernel setup, esp. regarding MMIO
vs. PIO?

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[gentoo-user] Mozilla - pop-ups not blocked !!

[Rohit Sharma]

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Re: [gentoo-user] Mozilla - pop-ups not blocked !!

[JimD]

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No popups for me.  I am using Firefox 1.5 and I also have the adblock extension installed.  Looking at adblock it appears that anything from the url ads.indiatimes.com is blocked.

Try putting this line in your /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1 ads.indiatimes.com

Or install these two extensions:

For Firefox:
http://adblock.mozdev.org/
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1136

For Mozilla Sute:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=10&application=mozilla
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1136&application=mozilla

Just restart Firefox/Mozilla after you install the two extensions.

Jim
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  From: Rohit Sharma 
  To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org 
  Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:48 PM
  Subject: [gentoo-user] Mozilla - pop-ups not blocked !!


  Hi,

  I am using Mozilla 1.7.12 
  Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060222
  at my home desktop. However, even when configured to block unrequested popups, my mozilla [on both windows and linux] is not able to block pop-ups from websites. I assure you this is not a spam/dangerous link and you shall know exactly what I mean if you clicked on 

  http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1455375.cms?headline=Couples~framing~parents~with~dowry

  This is my news-consolidated site that I access every morning.
  What may I be doing wrong?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Mozilla - pop-ups not blocked !!

[JimD]

Peter Ruskin wrote:
>
> ...or emerge net-proxy/privoxy

How is privoxy?  Is it fast?  I have never tried it.  I do think a system 
wide setup would be nice.  Can privoxy be used across my home network?

Jim 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Mozilla - pop-ups not blocked !!

[Dave Jones]

Hi Jim,

I use privoxy as a peer cache for squid.

It works fine across the local network, and seems reasonably fast and
flexible.

My first proxy is squid, which then calls privoxy as its peer.

All my local hosts use squid as their proxy, and get the benefits of
using both squid and provoxy.

The only problem I encountered is that you have to directly access
privoxy to configure it using its web interface, rather than going via
squid.  Not a major issue really.

Cheers, Dave

JimD wrote on 03/20/06 02:12:

> Peter Ruskin wrote:
>> ...or emerge net-proxy/privoxy
> How is privoxy?  Is it fast?  I have never tried it.  I do think a
> system wide setup would be nice.  Can privoxy be used across my home
> network?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Mozilla - pop-ups not blocked !!

[JimD]

Dave Jones wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> I use privoxy as a peer cache for squid.
> 
> It works fine across the local network, and seems reasonably fast and
> flexible.
> 
> My first proxy is squid, which then calls privoxy as its peer.
> 
> All my local hosts use squid as their proxy, and get the benefits of
> using both squid and provoxy.
> 
> The only problem I encountered is that you have to directly access
> privoxy to configure it using its web interface, rather than going via
> squid.  Not a major issue really.
> 
> Cheers, Dave


Privoxy looks pretty nice.  However in testing last night I noticed that 
gmail would not work unless I went over SSL.  Trying to go to 
http://mail.google.com/ would just give me a blank page.

Have you run into this issue?

Jim

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Re: [gentoo-user] Mozilla - pop-ups not blocked !!

[Dave Jones]

Hi Jim,

I believe that Gmail *requires* SSL to connect, I don't think it's  a
privoxy issue.

I connect to http://gmail.google.com, which seems to redirect to an
https:// link, from there on it's straight in.

Gmail also works fine using SSL and Thunderbird via my squid & privoxy
combination.

Cheers, Dave

JimD wrote on 03/20/06 19:21:
> Dave Jones wrote:
>> I use privoxy as a peer cache for squid.

>> It works fine across the local network, and seems reasonably fast and
>> flexible.

>> My first proxy is squid, which then calls privoxy as its peer.

>> All my local hosts use squid as their proxy, and get the benefits of
>> using both squid and provoxy.

>> The only problem I encountered is that you have to directly access
>> privoxy to configure it using its web interface, rather than going via
>> squid.  Not a major issue really.

> Privoxy looks pretty nice.  However in testing last night I noticed that
> gmail would not work unless I went over SSL.  Trying to go to
> http://mail.google.com/ would just give me a blank page.

> Have you run into this issue?
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[gentoo-user] NIC works fine with Gentoo Live CD, not so good without.

[Jeff]

Ok gang, this one absolutely boggles me.

My system:

AMD64 w/1.5G RAM, 200G HD, Audigy2, Realtek NIC, nVidia 6800GS.

So, here's my NIC as it appears in lspci (both with the Live CD, and my
current install):

02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

And the driver:

8139too 28992 0

Now then... as of 2 days ago, I've been noticing that my ethernet has
been acting really whacky, with random ping times and flaky web surfing.
Example ping:

jmg ~ # ping yahoo.com -c 10
PING yahoo.com (66.94.234.13) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47
time=627 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=2 ttl=48
time=696 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=3 ttl=47
time=85.5 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=4 ttl=48
time=728 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=5 ttl=48
time=96.4 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=6 ttl=47
time=764 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=7 ttl=47
time=132 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=8 ttl=48
time=800 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=9 ttl=48
time=164 ms
64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=10 ttl=48
time=833 ms

--- yahoo.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9027ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.529/492.918/833.156/309.889 ms

Look at those times. Strange eh? Even more strange, I get a nice even
30-40ms ping when booting with the AMD64 Gentoo CD, so I've ruled out
that my NIC card could be broken. I've also checked my iptables to make
sure nothing's being blocked/dropped, and that looks fine.

Here's ifconfig:

jmg ~ # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D4:63:AB:45
inet addr:192.168.100.69 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:d4ff:fe63:ab45/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1717 errors:2 dropped:4 overruns:1 frame:0
TX packets:1389 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1221100 (1.1 Mb) TX bytes:224935 (219.6 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Look at eth0. Errors? Drops? Overruns? Why? What could be wrong with
this NIC all of the sudden? Again, I have 0 problems when booting the
same exact setup with the Live CD.

After doing some simple troubleshooting, I'll admit, I'm stumped. Any
idea why my NIC works great with the Live CD and not with my currently
running system?
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Re: [gentoo-user] NIC works fine with Gentoo Live CD, not so good without.

[Jeff]

*sigh*

I hit 'reply' instead of 'compose' DAMMIT!

Sorry...

Jeff wrote:
> Ok gang, this one absolutely boggles me.
> 
> My system:
> 
> AMD64 w/1.5G RAM, 200G HD, Audigy2, Realtek NIC, nVidia 6800GS.
> 
> So, here's my NIC as it appears in lspci (both with the Live CD, and my
> current install):
> 
> 02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 
> And the driver:
> 
> 8139too 28992 0
> 
> Now then... as of 2 days ago, I've been noticing that my ethernet has
> been acting really whacky, with random ping times and flaky web surfing.
> Example ping:
> 
> jmg ~ # ping yahoo.com -c 10
> PING yahoo.com (66.94.234.13) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47
> time=627 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=2 ttl=48
> time=696 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=3 ttl=47
> time=85.5 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=4 ttl=48
> time=728 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=5 ttl=48
> time=96.4 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=6 ttl=47
> time=764 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=7 ttl=47
> time=132 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=8 ttl=48
> time=800 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=9 ttl=48
> time=164 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=10 ttl=48
> time=833 ms
> 
> --- yahoo.com ping statistics ---
> 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9027ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.529/492.918/833.156/309.889 ms
> 
> Look at those times. Strange eh? Even more strange, I get a nice even
> 30-40ms ping when booting with the AMD64 Gentoo CD, so I've ruled out
> that my NIC card could be broken. I've also checked my iptables to make
> sure nothing's being blocked/dropped, and that looks fine.
> 
> Here's ifconfig:
> 
> jmg ~ # ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D4:63:AB:45
> inet addr:192.168.100.69 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::213:d4ff:fe63:ab45/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1717 errors:2 dropped:4 overruns:1 frame:0
> TX packets:1389 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:1221100 (1.1 Mb) TX bytes:224935 (219.6 Kb)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000
> 
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> 
> Look at eth0. Errors? Drops? Overruns? Why? What could be wrong with
> this NIC all of the sudden? Again, I have 0 problems when booting the
> same exact setup with the Live CD.
> 
> After doing some simple troubleshooting, I'll admit, I'm stumped. Any
> idea why my NIC works great with the Live CD and not with my currently
> running system?

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Re: [gentoo-user] NIC works fine with Gentoo Live CD, not so good without.

[JimD]

Jeff wrote:
> Ok gang, this one absolutely boggles me.
> 
> My system:
> 
> AMD64 w/1.5G RAM, 200G HD, Audigy2, Realtek NIC, nVidia 6800GS.
> 
> So, here's my NIC as it appears in lspci (both with the Live CD, and my
> current install):
> 
> 02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

<snip>

repost so it threads right.

I am building a similar AMD64 today, well if UPS ever stinkin gets here : )

I will see if I get similar issues.  What kernel a you running?  I 
compiled my own kerenle on my x86 and I was having weird NIC issues as 
well.  However, my issues were the opposite.  I would get get ping times 
and transfer rates for outside neteworks.  My home network would see to 
be touch and go over wireless.  I am not sure if the issue is resolved 
or not yet.  I will have to wait until I get my AMD64 built.

Do you happen to have a cheap PCI NIC you can slap in to test with?

Jim

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