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 1GQ1mm-0006tZ-Tc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:06:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8KD5CHn022446; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:05:13 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8KD0hFQ013390 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:00:44 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDABA6488E for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:00:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16087-12 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:00:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9C276488D for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:00:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GQ1g3-0007X4-Mf for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:59:48 +0200 Received: from www.buffer.net ([24.73.161.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:59:47 +0200 Received: from wireless by www.buffer.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:59:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] eth0 link down Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:59:37 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 24.73.161.102 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060911) Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.568 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.031, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.568 X-Spam-Level: X-Archives-Salt: 0766d374-e0ff-42a5-a20f-b043feee023f X-Archives-Hash: b804d7f42ab0711d0375146b1e2ccc8d hello, I have a portable that has been working great. Now, the eth0 link does not stay up. If I watch the system boot, all looks fine. Looking at 'dmesg' the relevant entry are: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x2000, 00:90:f5:2b:cb:18, IRQ 11 eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/1839D' [drm] Setting GART locaatoin based on new memory map [drm] Loading R200 Microcode [drm] writeback test succeded in 1 usecs 'eth0: link down' I do not think that 'drm has anything to do with this, but I do not remember it in my dmesg before on this system. Perhaps updateding something on the windows side (corrupted the bios?)...... I've rebuild the kernel and the realtek driver is built into the kernel. etho, the built in realtek chips has always worked before. I keep several older kernels around and ready to use in grub.conf. They all suffer the same problem. ifconfig -a and netstat -nr look normal (similar to other workstations on the same ethernet segment). I've double check /etc/conf.d/ and /etc/init.d/ and all of the files and links are correct. I have notice that /etc/init.d/net.lo got upgraded during an routine 'emerge -uDNvp world' (no I did not save the older version) but, I'm hoping that's not the problem. I know the ethernet chip is good because the portable works fine booted into windows2K. I have switched ethernet cables with a known good cable and that is not the problem either. Any ideas or suggestions are most welcome. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list