On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:42:50 -0800 > Chuck <ctleis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Kevin wrote: >> >> > I wonder if you are running into >> > "82573(V/L/E) TX Unit Hang Messages" >> > >> > see: http://downloadmirror.intel.com/9180/eng/README.txt >> > look for "82573(V/L/E) TX Unit Hang Messages" >> > >> > perhaps the debian kernel doesn't hit the power management issue >> > with that? >> > >> > Can you see if the test listed there shows you are affected? >> > >> >> I just ran the F10 live CD on 3 other machines. 2 desktops and one >> wireless laptop. Fedora worked fine on them all. One desktop >> had a 3com adapter, the other had a Linksys NIC. One was a slower >> machine ( 1GHz cpu, 90KBps xfer speeds ), the other fast ( 2.8GHz cpu, >> 250KBps xfer speeds ) >> >> It is now just this machine with the Intel and National Semi NICs. > > ok. Thats good...isolates things some. ;) > >> So I powered it down and switched the cables to the 3 enet ports; so >> now the Nat Semi is the one going to the internet. >> I Booted with F10 live CD and tried my wget experiment again. Same >> old problems: Data error, interrupted downloads. This box with >> Fedora just sucks. > > Interesting. > >> BTW, The Intel connection which is my usual internet connection does >> have the "suspect byte" set in the "bad" state as per the test above. >> but since the same thing happens with the Nat Semi NIC, this should >> not be the cause. > > ok. The intel card isn't being used at all in that case? > Did you remove it? > >> However, and I keep repeating this, OpenSUSE 11, Debian Lenny, Ubuntu >> 8.04, PCLinuxOS 2007. Windows XP, Windows 2000 and ArchLinux all seem >> to handle things just fine. Only flavors of Fedora have a problem >> with this PC. > > Right. This points to some strange kernel bug or other issue with the > Fedora kernel. Is there anything in dmesg when it's having the issues? > >> Is there anyone I can get in contact with to analyze this further? >> Run some patched kernel? module? > > I would file a bug against the kernel and provide all the info you can > from this thread. It might also be interesting to do a tcpdump of the > failure and look at it against one from one of the non affected oses, > but if thats needed the kernel folks should ask for it in the bug. > >> Thanks >> >> charlie > > kevin > Your Ubuntu download used mirrors.kernel.org. Try using http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/10/Live/i686/F10-i686-Live.iso . Both Standford and USC mirrors get heavily loaded during initial release of a distro. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
