Re: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
Brian, I solved this problem by setting PnP OS in BIOS to NO (found the tip here) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2110213 Francis
Re: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:50:31 +0800, Brian Walker wrote: > Greetings all, > > The subject line is the response I get when I try to establish a link to > the internet. > > Debian Woody, dual booting with XP. Self-built box. All was working well. > I had not switched off the computer (I usually do, because the internal > cooling was not coping with Hong Kong un-airconditioned temperatures, [...] > > The ifconfig is OK - although Tx errors are present with nil arriving. > ifup eth0 causes a long pause for thought, with the "SIOCSIFFLAG Driver or > resource busy" message. > > I am grateful for any ideas. > > Brian I fear your NIC is damaged. The message just says that a problem with that device has been encountered. But ifconfig showing errors is a bad sign - might be driver problems or hardware. If you did not change anything I would guess it is a hardware problem. As Windows has problems with the card, too, a hardware problem is quite sure. If you can put the NIC in another PC, and another NIC in your PC. Greetings Andre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
Greetings all, The subject line is the response I get when I try to establish a link to the internet. Debian Woody, dual booting with XP. Self-built box. All was working well. I had not switched off the computer (I usually do, because the internal cooling was not coping with Hong Kong un-airconditioned temperatures, although that seemed to have settled) Receiving 20MB of spam and viruses, I kept sylpheed running to avoid filling the ISP mailbox (next task is to get mutt functioning with spamassassin) Noticed erratic connectivity - assumed it was ISP issues, as ifup would sort the problem. Now I cannot connect at all via the SMC Fast Ethernet PCI card, and although XP has no problems with the internal windows modem, it also refuses the SMC card. 1. Is the problem on the NIC? 2. What is a SIOCSIFFLAG when it is at home? 3. Googling for other solutions, I see that disabling PnP may help - but not in my case. What else can be suggested? The ifconfig is OK - although Tx errors are present with nil arriving. ifup eth0 causes a long pause for thought, with the "SIOCSIFFLAG Driver or resource busy" message. I am grateful for any ideas. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
