Re: eth0 transmit timing out. What's going on?

From: ferret@phonewave.net
Date: Wed May 24 2000 - 22:18:55 EST


Update:

I compiled 2.2.15 with the same USB backport and same .config, ran the
same tar and I don't have the transmit timeouts.

On Sun, 21 May 2000 ferret@phonewave.net wrote:

>
>
> More fun.. from my syslog:
>
> May 21 21:39:36 tarot kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY
> status 782d, resetting...
> May 21 21:39:40 tarot kernel: nfs: server runescribe not responding, still
> trying
> May 21 21:39:40 tarot last message repeated 6 times
> May 21 21:39:41 tarot kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0000, PHY
> status 782d, resetting...
> May 21 21:39:42 tarot kernel: nfs: task 59136 can't get a request slot
> May 21 21:39:42 tarot kernel: nfs: task 59137 can't get a request slot
> May 21 21:39:42 tarot kernel: nfs: task 59138 can't get a request slot
>
>
> When this happens no packets are being moved through eth0. My ssh
> connections are hung.
> I can reset manually by performing 'ifconfig eth0 down ; ifconfig eth0 up'
> and all my network connections come back up.
>
> runescribe is a Sparc IPX running Debian Potato and exporting with the NFS
> kernel server, kernel 2.2.15
>
> tarot is an Acer somethingorother, AMD K5 running Debian Slink with libc6
> 2.0.7 compiled against kernel 2.2.14 with USB backport, and running same
> 2.2.14 kernel.
>
> I have an export from runescribe mounted on tarot, and currently I'm
> tar'ing user accounts into the NFS mount for archival purposes.
>
> I posted earlier of a problem where a machine running 2.3.99-pre8 would
> hang when attempting to mount a share from runescribe, and I'm wondering
> now if the two problems are related.
>
> Systems summary:
>
> tarot: AMD K5, ALI chipset, kernel 2.2.14/USB, glibc 2.0.7/2.2.14/USB,
> eth0: D-link via-rhine
>
> runescribe: Sparc IPX, kernel 2.2.15, glibc 2.1.6, NFS kernel server
>
> heathen: AMD K6, i430TX chipset, kernel 2.3.99-pre8, glibc 2.1.3
> eth0: DEC 21140 Tulip
>
>

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