Make sure nothing is trying irq 7 and then give it a shot. Double check to see if the sblive is NOT trying to use 0x300 for it's midi port. Does the ne need to be isapnp enabled or is it a jumpered card?
--mike On 09 Aug 2001 02:07:22 +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > Hello, > > I recently replaced my old SB16 with a Sound Blaster Live, which caused > quite some reassignments of IRQ's etc. I have two network cards in the > machine, one that "ne2k-diag" claims is an RTL8019AS (bought as an > ne2000 compatible, and served faithfully until now). (The other is an > rtl8139, and I use the 8139too driver.) > > I've now shifted the ne to IRQ 5, it's base is still 0x300 - it seems to > work fine, but if I try to use it, I get e.g. the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/znobackup$ ssh chimp > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out > ... > > Should I simply go on and try different IRQ's? (IRQ 7 is for parallel > port, right? So that won't work?) Or how else can I diagnose this > problem? > > Oh, another thing, my rtl8139 causes the following when the network is > heavily congested: > > Aug 8 22:22:52 baboon kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out > Aug 8 22:22:52 baboon kernel: eth0: Tx queue start entry 407299 dirty entry > 407295. > Aug 8 22:22:52 baboon kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. > Aug 8 22:22:52 baboon kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000. > Aug 8 22:22:52 baboon kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000. > Aug 8 22:22:52 baboon kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000. (queue > head) > Aug 8 22:22:52 baboon kernel: eth0: Setting half-duplex based on > auto-negotiated partner ability 0000. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks a lot, > Hugo van der Merwe > > -- > To send me private (non-world-readable) mail, GPG encrypt it. > 1024D/60715698: 5F2E 8EC2 E0A4 5D25 0569 F281 4A6C D76D 6071 5698
