Re: Ethernet Card Problem

["Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Saugata Das Purkayastha wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> when I start NFS, the following 3 messages comes again and again..
>   eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0
>   eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0004 media 08
>   eth0: rtl8139 interrupt line blocked, status 4

That probably means that the card is not screwed in tightly inside the
computer, or there is a loose contact somewhere. The module you have
chosen is correct (rtl8139.o), and the card is PCI, so I cannot think of
any other reason. Check the cabling, the hub etc.

>     alias eth0 ne
>     options ne io=0x300
>    "insmod ne: device busy"

Most likely that the I/O address is wrong. I usually run the shell loop

for i in 220 240 260 280 300 320; do modprobe -t net ne io=0x$i &&
break; done

and enter the I/O address where the shell loop breaks out in
/etc/conf.modules. You too can try that. All ISA cards that I have seen
are ne compatible.

Binand