I *had* exactly the same problem on ubuntu 9.04 with linux- image-2.6.28-13-server.
I have found something interesting in the last kernel changelog (2.6.30): http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30 """ commit fd4d34295b36c5d9a1aba3d3f2764d721db093be Merge: 4d11eff 52ea3a5 Author: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> Date: Tue Jun 9 08:47:27 2009 -0700 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: cls_cgroup: Fix oops when user send improperly 'tc filter add' request r8169: fix crash when large packets are received """ So as not to do apt pinning on my distro, I have only downloaded the last kernel 2.6.30 from karmic repos: $> wget http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/i386/linux-image-2.6.30-9-server/download $> dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.30-9-server_2.6.30-9.10_i386.deb $> reboot And now, it works fine ! It will be ok while waiting for the next ubuntu release. -- network device, module r8169, fails with NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/76489 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs