I have been struggling with a weird message lately that hasn't appeared over the past 2 years until the past few weeks. I don't have any clue as to what this is actually telling me, but I would suspect that it may be the initial gasps of a dying LNE100TX network card (tulip driver). It may only show up once or twice every week. However, with my very limited kernel error message understanding, I'm at a loss. So experts -- Chime in!
Setup: LM 7.2 Odyssey (2.2.19 kernel) Abit Kt7 mb AMD T-bird 800 Linksys LNE100TX (No hardware changes since Jan, 2001) Network: server -> 8 port C-net hub [7 out to LAN 1 to] -> 4 port Linksys cable/dsl router [1 LAN connection] -> (the rest of the world/internet) No problems for over 580 days. Since 12/26/02 I have received the following message with varying frequency. It really hung on the 12/26, but after that I only see the message once maybe twice a day or week? Jan 3 11:28:22 Nemesis kernel: eth0: Tx hung, 1191883 vs. 1191882. Jan 3 11:28:22 Nemesis kernel: eth0: PNIC2 transmit timed out, status e4000000, CSR6/7 01000000 / effffbff CSR12 40a1d0cc, resetting... OK, this is Jan 7 and I haven't had the message since the 3rd, so: What in the heck does this error mean? Google says that it may be a tulip driver error, but that is no explaination as to why I would go 500+ days without the error and then have it magically (or a a result of witchcraft) appear? Does it smell like a hardware problem? When it occurs, I have noticed that my C-net 8 port hub acts flakey. After I disconnect all the clients, reset the modem, reset the router, reset the hub -- everything seems OK. So what gives? (I generally do a ..../init.d/network restart just to be on the safe side) Which resets without any errors. My real question is what in the hell is an: eth0: Tx hung message mean? What does the eth0: PNIC2 message mean? Docos and info is sparse on this message. So, has anyone else got a clue as to what I'm dealing with? As always, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin * Bertin, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333
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