I solved my own problem by moving the NIC to a different PCI slot.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Wim van der Meer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:29 PM > To: Debian-User > Subject: via-rhine fails to get Ethernet card address > > > I am a new Linux user, and could use some help determining what > the problem > is with my Corega FEther PCI-TXM card, which has a VIA VT6102 chip. I have > Potato installed with the via-rhine module. I have read a whole bunch of > manuals, howto's and FAQ's, but I could not find anything that > was helpful. > > I think that the problem is that the hardware address of the Ethernet card > is not detected properly, but I have no idea what I can do to solve this. > > Here is the relevant part (I hope) of my syslog file: > > [snip] > kernel: via-rhine.c:v1.08b-LK1.0.0 12/14/2000 Written by Donald Becker > kernel: http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html > kernel: eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xd800, 00:00:00:00:00:00, IRQ 9. > kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 0000, > resetting... > last message repeated 4 times > [snip] > kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY status 0000, > resetting... > last message repeated 7 times > [snip] > > > And here is the output of 'ifconfig eth0': > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:13 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > Interrupt:9 Base address:0xd800 > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > Wim van der Meer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
