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RE: NIC Goes Down After 5-10 minutes in rh6.2





>From: Omer Musaev
>To: "'Stiven Andre'"
>Subject: RE: NIC Goes Down After 5-10 minutes in rh6.2
>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:18:59 +0200
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stiven Andre [mailto:stiven_a@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 1:08 AM
>To: linux-il@linux.org.il
>Subject: NIC Goes Down After 5-10 minutes in rh6.2
>
>
>Hi
>I have RH6.2 full without updates or patches running on Pentium 1 100mhz
>24mb of ram. I have a strange problem with network. That machine has 3Com
>Etherlink 3 NIC 10mbps. it is configured to get interface up at bootup. It
>brings up the inerface it is works. But After 5-10 minut it is goes down. I
>preform:
>if config eth0 down
>if config eth0 up
>
>it replies:
>eth0: Setting Rx mode to 0 adresses.
>eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 adresses.
>
>There is not enough information to say what the hell is going on.
>I suggest you to rebuild debug version of the driver and to post all
>debug messages it prints.
>
>To do that ( I hope the driver is module, otherwise you will have to
>recompile the kernel
>as well and to remove the driver from static code and to move it to be a
>module ):
>
>
>Set kernel logger output to unused console.
>To do that, go to /etc/syslog.conf and add line that says:
>---
>*.* /dev/tty8
>*.* /tmp/kernl.out
>---
>Tabs are important.
>restart syslogd ( "/etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog restart" )
>This will dump _all_ messages from kernel and system to /dev/tty8 ( alt-f8
>will bring you there ).
>
>Then open the code for driver ( /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/3c509.c ) and
>edit line 74 and 76
>change line 74 from
>--
>int el3_debug = EL3_DEBUG ;
>--
>to
>--
>int el3_debug = 9 ;
>--
>and line 76 from:
>--
>int el3_debug = 2;
>--
>to
>--
>int el3_debug = 9 ;
>--
>Recompile the driver with command:
>
>gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -c 3c509.c
>
>then bring the card down, remove module
>insert the newly built module and bring the interface up.
>
>Then look for all messages from eth0 on tty8 ( or file /tmp/kernl.out ) and
>send them to me/list.

>

I have tryed to debug the problem as you said. but something gone wrong. After restarting the syslog there was no file kernl.out in /tmp directory and alt+f8 gives nothing. I did exactly as you say please check it may be you missed something.

Best Regars S.A.

> and start work again for about 5-10 minutes.
>If I am trying to use ftp server to upload or download something it is going
>down Emidiatly.
>
>What is wrong ?
>
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