Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
Andrew Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > On Sunday 17 September 2006 23:19, Peter Thomassen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm still introducing a friend of mine to Linux by phone. >> >> Yesterday and the days before, his Realtek 8139 NCI worked out of the box >> using DHCP. Today, no IP is received

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-29 Thread Andrew Vaughan
Hi On Sunday 17 September 2006 23:19, Peter Thomassen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm still introducing a friend of mine to Linux by phone. > > Yesterday and the days before, his Realtek 8139 NCI worked out of the box > using DHCP. Today, no IP is received over DHCP; instead, the boot script > does several tr

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-19 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 22:49 +0200, Peter Thomassen wrote: > > I ask because I have a sound card that disappears if I do this. > > It will only work if I shut down and then boot into Linux. Blast from the past! This brings back memories from the good old BeOS days when you *had* to boot into Wind

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:49:11PM +0200, Peter Thomassen wrote: > George Borisov schrieb am Montag, 18. September 2006 15:36: > > Did it by any chance stop working after you rebooted into Debian > > from Windows? > > > > I ask because I have a sound card that disappears if I do this. > > It will

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-18 Thread Peter Thomassen
George Borisov schrieb am Montag, 18. September 2006 15:36: > Did it by any chance stop working after you rebooted into Debian > from Windows? > > I ask because I have a sound card that disappears if I do this. > It will only work if I shut down and then boot into Linux. Hey, thanks, that did the

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-18 Thread Bill Smith
Peter Thomassen wrote: Bill Smith schrieb am Montag, 18. September 2006 18:09: worth replacing the card, preferably with a 3com or intel based one. That's not that easy as it's a notebook ... Can you turn it off in the bios and try a slot in one? -- Bill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-18 Thread Peter Thomassen
Bill Smith schrieb am Montag, 18. September 2006 18:09: > worth replacing the card, preferably with a 3com or intel based one. That's not that easy as it's a notebook ... Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-18 Thread Bill Smith
steef wrote: Peter Thomassen wrote: Hi, I'm still introducing a friend of mine to Linux by phone. Yesterday and the days before, his Realtek 8139 NCI worked out of the box using DHCP. Today, no IP is received over DHCP; instead, the boot script does several tries after different intervals and

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-18 Thread George Borisov
Peter Thomassen wrote: > > I don't think so because on the same system, Windows XP is installed where > the card can be used without a problem (with DCHP, too). Did it by any chance stop working after you rebooted into Debian from Windows? I ask because I have a sound card that disappears if I d

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-18 Thread Peter Thomassen
steef schrieb am Montag, 18. September 2006 11:35: > maybe a stupid remark, but could this be a hardware-fault of the realtek > ethernetcard? i remember that in my machines two gave up for unclear > reasons. I don't think so because on the same system, Windows XP is installed where the card can be

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-18 Thread steef
Peter Thomassen wrote: Hi, I'm still introducing a friend of mine to Linux by phone. Yesterday and the days before, his Realtek 8139 NCI worked out of the box using DHCP. Today, no IP is received over DHCP; instead, the boot script does several tries after different intervals and finally gives

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-17 Thread Peter Thomassen
Derek schrieb am Sonntag, 17. September 2006 21:21: > I had this problem on my powermac, And it worked before, too? Maybe, one should file a bug on this ... > I ended up just compiling my own kernel > without any of the eth1394 stuff. Hmm, this will be difficult to do since currently, the kerne

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-17 Thread Derek
I had this problem on my powermac,I ended up just compiling my own kernel without any of the eth1394 stuff.On 9/17/06, Peter Thomassen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi,I'm still introducing a friend of mine to Linux by phone. Yesterday and the days before, his Realtek 8139 NCI worked out of the boxusi