The comment in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- source-2.6.20/+bug/98717 seems to suggest that Intel 945GM chipset and a RTL8139 NIC is a troublesome combination without PIO in general. The module 8139too is mentioned there, too.
-- Kernel hangs/freezes during boot because of module 8139too (affected hardware: philips freevents x52, x53, x55, x56, twinhead y12h) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140477 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs