On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:20:00 +0000 (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote:
> Try by powering off the computer and leave it so for a while. Then > engage it and wait for a miracle... if no miracle comes to you I > would go for a bug report :-) > > Greetings, Yes, the linuxquestions.org post was indeed made by me about the same laptop. Anyway, it does seem that turning off the laptop and leaving it for a while is the only thing that's worked so far. I did this and it is now working again. For the record (and in case it can provide clues as to why I'm getting this fickle performance from the laptop), I'm attaching a text file with the results of various commands (iwconfig and dmesg). Thanks for the feedback. I may simply need to get a different laptop. However, hopefully the laptop will work more consistently in the future (though it seems to burn out and require at least a day's rest before it works properly in setting up the network devices again). Mark
root@debian:/home/mark# dmesg | grep eth [ 1.293472] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95705A50) rev 3001] (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) MAC address 00:11:43:53:99:6e [ 1.293477] eth0: attached PHY is 5705 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1]) [ 1.293481] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] [ 1.293485] eth0: dma_rwctrl[763f0000] dma_mask[64-bit] [ 15.134667] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 15.153529] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready root@debian:/home/mark# root@debian:/home/mark# dmesg | grep eth [ 1.293472] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95705A50) rev 3001] (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) MAC address 00:11:43:53:99:6e [ 1.293477] eth0: attached PHY is 5705 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1]) [ 1.293481] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] [ 1.293485] eth0: dma_rwctrl[763f0000] dma_mask[64-bit] [ 15.134667] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 15.153529] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready root@debian:/home/mark# dmesg | grep tg3 [ 1.244555] tg3.c:v3.102 (September 1, 2009) [ 1.244797] tg3 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [ 14.619792] tg3 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting tigon/tg3_tso5.bin root@debian:/home/mark# root@debian:/home/mark# dmesg | grep eth [ 1.293472] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95705A50) rev 3001] (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) MAC address 00:11:43:53:99:6e [ 1.293477] eth0: attached PHY is 5705 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1]) [ 1.293481] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] [ 1.293485] eth0: dma_rwctrl[763f0000] dma_mask[64-bit] [ 15.134667] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 15.153529] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready root@debian:/home/mark# dmesg | grep tg3 [ 1.244555] tg3.c:v3.102 (September 1, 2009) [ 1.244797] tg3 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [ 14.619792] tg3 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting tigon/tg3_tso5.bin root@debian:/home/mark# dmesg | grep ipw2100 [ 6.628216] ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, git-1.2.2 [ 6.628220] ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [ 6.628400] ipw2100 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 [ 6.629015] ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection [ 6.629029] ipw2100 0000:02:03.0: firmware: requesting ipw2100-1.3.fw root@debian:/home/mark# root@debian:/home/mark# lsmod | grep tg3 tg3 88273 0 libphy 11638 1 tg3 root@debian:/home/mark# lsmod | grep ipw2100 ipw2100 53316 0 libipw 18439 1 ipw2100 root@debian:/home/mark#