[WBEL-users] Realtek 8139too problems

[Chris.Grigor at za.delarue.com]

Hello all,

I am ready to throw this laptop out of the window (and I am 16 floors
up)

I am running kernel version 2.4.21-4.EL, I have a realtek 8139 network
card that just wont work (works under windows - yuck)

The interface comes up fine with ifup eth0. I have even gone as far as
to upgrade the version of the driver (downloaded it from
realtek.com.tw).  Has anyone had any similar problems with this card
where everything looks fine but just wont communicate?? I know that when
I run other distros on the same laptop they work fine, however Redhat
EL, Fedora & Whitebox just don't like this card.

Dmesg gives

eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xf8a8b000, 00:40:ca:b7:68:32,
IRQ 9
eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'
eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner
ability 45e1.
eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner
ability 45e1.
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry 0.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head)
eth0:  Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000.
eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner
ability 45e1.

Lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 650 Host (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 530 Virtual
PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513 (rev
04)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Intel 537 [56k Winmodem]
(rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
Controller
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6912 Cardbus Controller
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Lucent Microelectronics FW323 (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
SiS650/651/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter

Lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
nls_iso8859-1           3516   0  (autoclean)
nls_cp437               5148   0  (autoclean)
vfat                   13004   0  (autoclean)
fat                    38872   0  (autoclean) [vfat]
sd_mod                 13776   0  (autoclean)
usb-storage            74624   0
8139too                18056   0
ppp_async               9440   1  (autoclean)
ppp_generic            24724   3  (autoclean) [ppp_async]
slhc                    6756   0  (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
serial_cs               6448   0  (unused)
ds                      8704   1  [serial_cs]
yenta_socket           13760   1
pcmcia_core            57184   0  [serial_cs ds yenta_socket]
parport_pc             19076   1  (autoclean)
lp                      9028   0  (autoclean)
parport                37088   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs                 13364   0  (autoclean) (unused)
mii                     3976   0  [8139too]
crc32                   3712   0  [8139too]
ipt_REJECT              4632   1  (autoclean)
ipt_state               1080   3  (autoclean)
ip_conntrack           27304   1  (autoclean) [ipt_state]
iptable_filter          2412   1  (autoclean)
ip_tables              15776   3  [ipt_REJECT ipt_state iptable_filter]
sg                     36940   0  (autoclean)
sr_mod                 18104   0  (autoclean)
microcode               4724   0  (autoclean)
ide-scsi               12208   0
scsi_mod              108968   5  [sd_mod usb-storage sg sr_mod
ide-scsi]
ide-cd                 35680   0
cdrom                  33696   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
keybdev                 2976   0  (unused)
mousedev                5524   1
hid                    22212   0  (unused)
input                   5888   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
ehci-hcd               20104   0  (unused)
usb-ohci               21704   0  (unused)
usbcore                79392   1  [usb-storage hid ehci-hcd usb-ohci]
ext3                   91592   2
jbd                    52336   2  [ext3]


So as you can see the module 8139too loads fine. Should I look at
upgrading the kernel ? Is this a kernel issue??



Chris Grigor


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