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At 10:41 PM 10/24/2005, you wrote:
>I hate to say this, but the fastest route to happy is to simply get a
>different NIC. With the cost of a really nice 10/100/1000 from Intel
>under $50 and a dirt cheap, works fine PCI NIC from RealTec running $10
>(uses the 8139too module) you'll be up and running in no time.
>
>Otherwise, I would try re-downloading the kernel sources and recompiling
>the kernel and the modules. Be sure to verify the md5 sum and GPG
>signatures before you spend any time on the build. It may be that you
>simply have a corrupted driver. You could try reloading thedriver from
>the install CD (can't help on _where_ they are. Most likely inside a
>kernel package).
>
>On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 21:41 -0400, Terry Bailey wrote:
> > I am running a dual boot with XP but I don't see how that would effect
> > anything.
> >
> > Would it help to install another driver? I see, by running the find
> > command, that tulip is always a directory. If I could find another driver,
> > how would I install it?
> >
> > I have a friend who is running SUSE 10.0 on a newer machine and he is
> > having no problem. I guess that the driver for his chip set is OK.
> >
> > I am running a 2.0 gig Dell which is about 3 years old.
> >
> > The NIC is :
> >
> > Davicom 21x4x DEC-Tulip 10/100 Ethernet
> >
> > The Hardware Configuration Name is:
> >
> > bus-pci-0000:02:09.0
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 08:16 PM 10/24/2005, you wrote:
> >
> > >Pinging the NIC doesn't use the driver. You are touching the software
> > >layer above the driver.
> > >
> > >On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 19:36 -0400, Terry Bailey wrote:
> > > > I can ping the NIC (e.g., ping 192.168.1.100). Should I be able to
> ping
> > > > the NIC if the dirver was not working?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 03:23 PM 10/24/2005, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 14:48 -0400, Terry Bailey wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > When I run dmesg, every line is:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > tulip_stop_rxtx( ) failed
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >This line shows that the tulip driver is having some problems. I
> would:
> > > > >
> > > > >a. make sure that is the correct driver
> > > > >b. see what happens if the driver is unloaded and then reloaded.
> > > > >c. get a different NIC. The tulip driver is for a really old chipset
> > > > >that was notoriously buggy.
> > > > >
> > > > >
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