On Friday, 7 November 2025 17:26:29 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I noticed videos started doing this weird stutter so I checked the > messages file. As to changes, I moved a external hard drive into the > case and I added a hard drive to my data group. It's up to 60TBs now. > I did move the case but the system ran the whole time. Love hot > plugging SATA drives. This is the only error I can find so I figure > this is somehow causing my video to stutter. This is what is in the > messages log, filtering out the unneeded cruft. > > > Nov 7 10:16:41 Gentoo-1 kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0 enp8s0: NETDEV > WATCHDOG: CPU: 4: transmit queue 0 timed out 5480 ms > Nov 7 10:26:06 Gentoo-1 kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0 enp8s0: NETDEV > WATCHDOG: CPU: 3: transmit queue 0 timed out 5106 ms > Nov 7 10:32:46 Gentoo-1 kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0 enp8s0: NETDEV > WATCHDOG: CPU: 7: transmit queue 0 timed out 5003 ms > Nov 7 10:34:12 Gentoo-1 kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0 enp8s0: NETDEV > WATCHDOG: CPU: 3: transmit queue 0 timed out 5561 ms > Nov 7 10:37:40 Gentoo-1 kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0 enp8s0: NETDEV > WATCHDOG: CPU: 4: transmit queue 0 timed out 5054 ms > Nov 7 10:45:25 Gentoo-1 kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0 enp8s0: NETDEV > WATCHDOG: CPU: 7: transmit queue 0 timed out 5225 ms > Nov 7 10:48:31 Gentoo-1 kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0 enp8s0: NETDEV > WATCHDOG: CPU: 0: transmit queue 0 timed out 5008 ms > > > I'm using the same kernel so the driver hasn't changed. It worked fine > after last weekends update up until the drive additions and case move. > The only change is adding those drives and moving the case so I can take > the sides off. I did some searching. Most problems point to a bad > driver. Since I haven't changed drivers and it worked fine for months, > I doubt that is my problem. > > Could this be a bad cable or some other issue? I unplugged and plugged > the cables back up. Given I only have to twist my case enough to take > the sides off, I'm kinda doubtful it is a cable but weird things happen. > > I might also add, as I type this message, when it stutters, it also > stops seeing what I'm typing. It leaves out characters I've typed. It > kinda freezes everything for a second or so. Pretty annoying. > > Anyone have any thoughts on this? Ran into this problem and found a > fix? I'll keep trying things. See if I luck up on something in the > meantime. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Your log error refers to your NIC. Are you playing the video file over the LAN? If you haven't touched the kernel drivers then it looks like a problem with your ethernet cable, or your NIC. Having checked both end connectors on the cable you could try reloading the NIC module to see if 'dmesg -W' prints any errors.
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