I have an XP1000 and have not had this problem, though I am using an older kernel. I definitely would notice, too - since the machine is headless, I primarily connect to it via ethernet. Like Bob, I compiled the ethernet driver into the kernel, so that might be the key. I've also plugged it into a couple of different switches and had no problems with either one.
If you continue to have a problem after compiling in the ethernet driver rather than building it as a module, I'd be willing to compile 2.4.20 and see what happens on mine. On Apr 8, Wm. Josiah Erikson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all, > I have debian sarge with kernel 2.4.20 on a Compaq XP1000 (500Mhz > EV6 with 512MB of RAM), and the ethernet randomly "freezes" all the time, > for anywhere from 1 second to 30 seconds or so. I've tried this with three > different ethernet cards - an RTL8139, a 3c905-TX, and the original > DECChip tulip card. All exhibited exactly the same behavior. I tried > changing the ethernet cable, and plugging it into an HP 10Mbit switch > instead of the Cisco 3500XL that it's normally plugged into. Does anybody > have any clues as to why this would be? Is more information needed? Should > I report this to the kernel list instead? I can send my kernel config if > that would be useful (it's a custom kernel, as all of mine are) > Thanks! > -Josiah > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Neil L. Roeth
