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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GQ50i-0003UJ-Oq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:33:21 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8KGWCwW009056; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:32:12 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8KGRoj9030123 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:27:51 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p46so682166nfa for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:27:45 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=Ac5WJ6XMscZG3oE/7hegX+PUa7C+1AffHODgNuxSrMtn04XjxwEa6J+92X8bJkCfMh4cd36VnNEf8griNOORBZluM+H2JlZiN+C9Etsr3gVhb64jJGYybNDbQB49JZUGfJiJiLLoOvZnRRWSJzyD9zAYeZH0cWpuHRJ8JvWHx68= Received: by 10.82.131.1 with SMTP id e1mr21799bud; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:27:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.126.14 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:27:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7573e9640609200927v43a0b20dt9f04a3f45f4a96d1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:27:44 -0700 From: "Richard Fish" Sender: richard.j.fish@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eth0 link down In-Reply-To: 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=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 215f858b1b04e478 X-Archives-Salt: 65cb9ace-7ec4-4260-a530-50211df9d5a0 X-Archives-Hash: d8f43b2f3e791dfcccac9806abc307e3 On 9/20/06, James wrote: > 'eth0: link down' This line in dmesg means that your hardware saw the cable disconnect. You should be able to see this effect by running "ethtool eth0 | grep Link". There is nothing that Gentoo can do to cause this...it is purely between the kernel driver and the hardware. Even "ifconfig eth0 down" doesn't cause this. This could be the fault of the chip in the laptop, the cable, or the switch that you plug into. Since you already tried a different cable, and the NIC chip isn't easily replaced, I would try to prove that the switch is good. Assuming you have control over the switch, try different port. Or if you don't, insert a small desktop switch between you and the upstream one. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list