Thanks to the two respondents. I updated the kernel to 2.2.14, but the problem symtoms simply changed too. So I switched to another card and the problem has stopped.
Must have been hardware. Regards, Dean > > > > Hello: > > I have been experiencing curious NIC error messages, none of which > mean anything to me. Any assistance in comprehending their content is > welcome. > > System is Debian 2.1 (up to date) on Pentium, 64 MB, with NIC (from > dmesg), > > eth0: PCnet/ISA 79C960 at 0x340, 00 00 f4 b1 84 e7, probed IRQ 12, DMA 7. > lance.c:v1.14ac 1998/11/20 [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The error message that appears in 'dmesg' at various times after > booting is: > > eth0: transmit timed out, status 0062, resetting. > Ring data dump: dirty_tx 118 cur_tx 134 (full) cur_rx 58. > 83c09800 0608 00b6 83d3b800 0608 0040 83d3b000 0608 0040 83d3a800 0608 00b6 > 83d3a000 0608 0076 83d39800 0608 0040 83d39000 0608 0040 83d38800 0608 00b6 > 83d38000 0608 0040 83fd7800 0608 0076 83fd7000 0608 00ea 83fd6800 0608 00b6 > 83fd6000 0608 0044 83fd5800 0608 00b6 83fd5000 0608 0041 83fd4800 0608 0040 > 83ff0000 002a 0000 83f26002 04fe 0000 83c09002 05ea 0000 83c08802 05ea 0000 > 83ff1820 002a 0000 83ff1e28 002a 0000 83fd4002 04fe 0000 83ff2a38 05ea 0000 > 83ff3040 05ea 0000 83c08002 04fe 0000 83f27002 05ea 0000 83f26802 05ea 0000 > 83f27802 04fe 0000 83ff4e68 05ea 0000 83ff5470 05ea 0000 83ff5a78 002a 0000 > > Note that error messages of this form, but different content appear > irregularly, but frequently (2 in < 24 hours this time). > > Is the NIC bad, or do I have another problem? > > Thanks, > > Dean Provins > Calgary > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
