Re: Network problem

Hi,

Thanks for the reply...

kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64
Driver: atl1c

I tried unloading and loading the driver but it didn't work though. I'll  
try some of your other suggestions. Maybe I'll find something.

regexes

On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:59:46 +0100, Dean Hamstead <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> The kernel may not be aware that something is wrong. Your email has  
> garbled which driver is in use, could you please clarify and also which  
> kernel version are you using?
>
> Some steps i suggest are...
>
> - see if traffic is leaving your machine (mirror ports, hubs or a cross  
> over to another machine. then use tcpdump or wireshark)
> - try unloading and loading the driver, does it work again?
> - check what options are available for the driver, and play with any you  
> might have
> - update your kernel
>
>
> some more exotic things to check...
> - check that iptables isnt being triggered by something?
> - it could be an irq conflict, especially if the card (or driver) doesnt  
> play nicely with shared irqs. you may be able to clear the share by  
> disabling an unused serial or parallel port
> - following from the above, you could change to polled rather than irq  
> and see what happens. polling uses lots more cpu (ok thats an over  
> simplification, it is better in some circumstances)
> - maybe your dns lease is expiring?
>
>
> Dean
>
>
> On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:44:04 +0100, regexes wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I just aquired a new Lenovo G770 laptop and am having a strange issue  
>> with
>> the Ethernet Controller.
>>
>> Network connection works fine for a few minutes then dies. The interface
>> is still configured though but it just stops working. There are no error
>> messages in dmesg either.
>>
>> My router is not a problem. Access is granted and it does work to begin
>> with and the logs show nothing abnormal.
>>
>> I've seen a few threads concering the G770 with Ubuntu but nothing that
>> addresses this problem.
>>
>> Output of ifconfig -a
>>
>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>>                   inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>> Mask:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>>                   inet6 addr: xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Scope:Link
>>                   UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>                   RX packets:3983 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>                   TX packets:3139 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0  
>> carrier:1
>>                   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>                   RX bytes:4773236 (4.5 MiB)  TX bytes:457213 (446.4  
>> KiB)
>>                   Interrupt:27
>>
>>
>> The output of lspic -v
>> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8152 v2.0 Fast
>> Ethernet (rev c1)
>>                 Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3979
>>                 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
>>                 Memory at d0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)  
>> [size=256K]
>>                 I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
>>                 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
>>                 Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable-  
>> 64bit+
>>                 Capabilities: [58] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
>>                 Capabilities: [6c] Vital Product Data
>>                 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
>>                 Capabilities: [180] Device Serial Number
>> xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
>>                 Kernel driver in use: atl101:00.0
>>
>> Anybody have an idea what could be happening with the Eternet controller
>> and how I can fix it?
>>
>> Another issue are the function keys. On my old Thinkpad, the
>> tpb package worked very well, however, that package isn't available on
>> amd64. What other possibility is there to get the function keys to work?
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>> regexes
>


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