On Wednesday 08 January 2003 08:49 am, Lorne wrote: > On Wednesday 08 January 2003 06:34 am, et wrote: > > no warrenty on this, but with everything running so well for so long,,, > > consider the posible cables may have gotten bumped or steped on in such a > > way it mat have pulled a little loose? have you reseated the cables? > > I don't think it would be cables, although that would be a common problem. > the reason I say that is because if it was a cable the driver would still > load with no problems. This seems to be hardware problems. I wonder if you > have added any hardware to cause an IRQ conflict that is sporatic? If > NOTHING has changed then I'd change the nic and see what happens. from my reading, the driver (Module) is loaded fine, it is an intermittant failure in a packet transmission. the first thing _I_ personally would look for, since this is right after christmas, is did you get an new flourecent or Halogen light/Lamp and set it near where the cable runs?
> > On Wednesday 08 January 2003 12:33 am, David Rankin wrote: > > > 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.
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