Hello everyone! I Installed Debian 4.0 (Etch) on my notebook Toshiba Satellite A105 S2091 a couple of weeks ago and I've been facing this extremely annoying problem since then: my internet connection falls, for absolutely any apparent reason, and only returns after completely restarting the system. Nothing else works! I've already tried the internet service from somewhere else, restarting my modem, unplugging and replugging the wires, the GNOME applications, the `ifdown eth0' and `ifup eth0' commands on a shell and several combinations of these.
After discussing this on the Brasilian users list, someone pointed out the possibility of a problem with the driver for my card. The output of `lspci' gives me, among several other lines, ` 02:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) ' what, I guess, indicates that Debian can see my card. After Googling a little bit I got to http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=482, where I learned that this card uses module `8139too'. But it seems like it is already loaded, as indicated the output output of `lsmod': ` ntbkmichael:/home/michael# lsmod Module Size Used by rfcomm 34584 0 l2cap 21760 5 rfcomm bluetooth 46020 4 rfcomm,l2cap ppdev 8676 0 parport_pc 32132 0 lp 11012 0 parport 33256 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp ipv6 226272 8 button 6672 0 ac 5188 0 battery 9636 0 dm_snapshot 15552 0 dm_mirror 19152 0 dm_mod 50232 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror loop 15048 0 joydev 9088 0 pcmcia 34140 0 firmware_class 9600 1 pcmcia snd_hda_intel 17332 1 snd_hda_codec 137856 1 snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss 38368 0 snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss rtc 12372 0 snd_pcm 68676 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec - Masquer le texte des messages précédents - ,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 20996 1 snd_pcm snd 47012 8 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9248 1 snd yenta_socket 24460 1 snd_page_alloc 9640 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm psmouse 35016 0 serio_raw 6660 0 pcspkr 3072 0 rsrc_nonstatic 11840 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 36852 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic i2c_piix4 8140 0 shpchp 33024 0 pci_hotplug 28704 1 shpchp i2c_core 19680 1 i2c_piix4 ati_agp 8652 0 agpgart 29896 1 ati_agp tsdev 7520 0 evdev 9088 1 ext3 119240 1 jbd 52456 1 ext3 mbcache 8356 1 ext3 ide_cd 36064 0 cdrom 32544 1 ide_cd 8139cp 21920 0 usbhid 37248 0 sd_mod 19040 3 8139too 25120 0 mii 5344 2 8139cp,8139too atiixp 6064 0 [permanent] ehci_hcd 28136 0 ohci_hcd 18276 0 sata_sil 11464 2 usbcore 112644 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd libata 89396 1 sata_sil scsi_mod 124168 2 sd_mod,libata generic 4868 0 [permanent] ide_core 110504 3 ide_cd,atiixp,generic thermal 13608 0 processor 28840 1 thermal fan 4804 0 ' Does anybody have a clue of what might be happening? The excerpt of the output of `grep eth0 /var/log/kern.log' referring to one of the many sessions in which I've eventually lost my connection was ` Sep 16 15:57:16 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa000, 00:a0:d1:38:4f:b6, IRQ 201 Sep 16 15:57:16 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' Sep 16 15:57:16 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1 Sep 16 16:09:27 ntbkmichael kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Sep 16 16:09:30 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005 c07f media 00. Sep 16 16:09:30 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx queue start entry 6562 dirty entry 6558. Sep 16 16:09:30 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008a042. Sep 16 16:09:30 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008a042. Sep 16 16:09:30 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008a042. (queue head) Sep 16 16:09:30 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008a042. Sep 16 16:09:30 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1 Sep 16 16:09:42 ntbkmichael kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Sep 16 16:09:45 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005 c07f media 00. Sep 16 16:09:45 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0. Sep 16 16:09:45 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008a042. (queue head) Sep 16 16:09:45 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008a04b. Sep 16 16:09:45 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008a04b. Sep 16 16:09:45 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008a042. Sep 16 16:09:45 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1 Sep 16 16:09:57 ntbkmichael kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Sep 16 16:10:00 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005 c07f media 00. Sep 16 16:10:00 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0. Sep 16 16:10:00 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008a04b. (queue head) Sep 16 16:10:00 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008a04b. Sep 16 16:10:00 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008a05d. Sep 16 16:10:00 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008a05d. Sep 16 16:10:00 ntbkmichael kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1 ' Thank you very much for anything that would help me elucidate this mystery! Kindest regards, Michael
