This appears because of something like the following in syslog.conf # *.=debug;*.=info;\ # *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty8
I suggest you install mii-diag to troubleshoot this problem, with mii-diag you can monitor auto-negotiation. You might want to force 100 full duplex ;) if available at the other end of the wire... > -----Original Message----- > From: Mikko Fallenius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 7:19 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: eth0: flipped to 10baseT appears on login prompt > > I have just installed Debian 3.1 (sarge) on an > IBM Thinkpad 760E with the Debian installation floppies. > > There's a 3com EtherLink III 3C589B PCMCIA adapter > and when the system boots and the login prompt appears > a message "eth0: flipped to 10baseT" appears twice > and messes up the login prompt. You can get the login > prompt displayed again by pressing enter and everything works. > So this is quite a minor issue. > > I'm just wondering if I could get it to not mess up the > login prompt. > > Mikko Fallenius > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This email contains privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this transmission by mistake and delete this communication from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. AVIS: Le présent courriel contient des renseignements de nature privilégiée et confidentielle et nest destiné qu'à la personne à qui il est adressé. Si vous nêtes pas le destinataire prévu, vous êtes par les présentes avisés que toute diffusion, distribution ou reproduction de cette communication est strictement interdite. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser immédiatement lexpéditeur et le supprimer de votre système. Notez que la transmission de courriel ne peut en aucun cas être considéré comme inviolable ou exempt derreur puisque les informations quil contient pourraient être interceptés, corrompues, perdues, détruites, arrivées en retard ou incomplètes ou contenir un virus.
