We had similar issues with Redhat machines and this "NETDEV WATCHDOG: ethX: transmit timed out" errors, you probably shouldn't be running the "stock" Kernel off RH 7.2 because it's far from perfect. I know someone with us got rid of it by recompiling all stock 7.2 machines to a later Kernel.
I don't know too much regarding this area in Linux, but someone may be able to verify that for me. I did notice this on a latter Kernel changelog: * Tue Dec 18 2001 Michael K. Johnson - Added watchdog patch. Related? > Hello There, > > I was just wondering if anyone can help me out with some info to why the > below has happened and what i might do to fix it. > > Problem, > A few days ago my Redhat 7.2 Server with kernel-2.4.7-10 suddenly stop > responding , i couldn't ssh or connect to the server anyway. Once i > rebooted it and checked the messages log file i found this error which > also happened again 2 days later. > > ns1 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out > ns1 kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status > 782d, resetting... > ns1 kernel: eth0: reset did not complete in 10 ms. > ns1 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out > ns1 kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status > 782d, resetting... > ns1 kernel: eth0: reset did not complete in 10 ms. > > > Any ideas what might be going on or how to fix it. > > > -- > > 'C' ya ... > > Regards Michael > > > Australian WebWizards > Ph: (02) 9540 9605 > Fax: (02) 8572 6023 > Mobile: 0408 477 525 > > ________________________________________________ > Your Ecommerce, Web Design & Hosting Specialists > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
