> On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 10:22:58AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Looking through the archives, it seems people have been having success > > using this card, I, however, have not. > > > > During the intial Debian base install, if I configure PCMCIA support, it > > intializes fine, and finds the Xircom card no problem and configures the > > tulip_cb module. [ ... ] > > eth0: Transmit timed out, status 686980c7, CSR12 000000c2, resetting... > > > > This continues until I bring down eth0. > > I had lots of problems like this. The problem is the serial module installed > by setserial. Either remove setserial, or rmmod serial.o, and it should > be happier. > > Tim
The module from setserial is toasting the ethernet? And setserial is being involved during Debian install? Double ick. Although I admit freely to toasting setserial out of hand, since it seems a bad idea to "memorize serial port status" on a machine that (a) has changing serial connections based on whether a card is in, and (b) has changing serial connections when I'm at different sites... My advice: 1) purge setserial. I'm not sure I believe it's at the heart of what's happening to you, but it has been multiple flavors of a pain in the toot for laptoppers. 2) If the Xircom continues to be trouble, buy a Linksys PCMLM56. That's the 10/100 with a built-on extension where the modem and ether ports are - the extension has status lights on top - and as an extra bennie, you get your other slot back (as long as you put it in the top bay) * Heather * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
