network problem with kernel 2.6.10 on SuSe 9.1

Hello World,

because of driver problems i decided to upgrade my kernel on my SuSE
Linux 9.1 machine.
I downloaded the 2.6.10 sources from kernel.org, compiled it with the
same settings as the SuSE 9.1 kernel was compiled and finally installed it.

Everything works just fine. But i am not able to get any network connection.
I have 2 network cards, the modules are loaded and are running. The
network cards (eth0,eth1) start perfectly. But i can't get out, every
ping has connection loss like the network cable plug is pulled, but it
isn't. I am perplexed... The boot messages and the syslog don't show any
error.
The old kernel (2.6.4-52) still works and there are no connection
problems at all.

Any ideas?

Thanks.
gimickser

gimickser wrote:

> Hello World,
>
> because of driver problems i decided to upgrade my kernel on my SuSE
> Linux 9.1 machine.
> I downloaded the 2.6.10 sources from kernel.org, compiled it with the
> same settings as the SuSE 9.1 kernel was compiled and finally installed
> it.
>
> Everything works just fine. But i am not able to get any network
> connection. I have 2 network cards, the modules are loaded and are
> running. The network cards (eth0,eth1) start perfectly. But i can't get
> out, every ping has connection loss like the network cable plug is pulled,
> but it isn't. I am perplexed... The boot messages and the syslog don't
> show any error.
> The old kernel (2.6.4-52) still works and there are no connection
> problems at all.

What mobo and net card does it have?

I recently failed to get 2.4.28 to work on an old box that works OK on
earlier 2.4s.

Do you see the card/any traffic on counters if you ifconfig?

Andy.

Andy Furniss wrote:
> gimickser wrote:
>
>
>>Hello World,
>>
>>because of driver problems i decided to upgrade my kernel on my SuSE
>>Linux 9.1 machine.
>>I downloaded the 2.6.10 sources from kernel.org, compiled it with the
>>same settings as the SuSE 9.1 kernel was compiled and finally installed
>>it.
>>
>>Everything works just fine. But i am not able to get any network
>>connection. I have 2 network cards, the modules are loaded and are
>>running. The network cards (eth0,eth1) start perfectly. But i can't get
>>out, every ping has connection loss like the network cable plug is pulled,
>>but it isn't. I am perplexed... The boot messages and the syslog don't
>>show any error.
>>The old kernel (2.6.4-52) still works and there are no connection
>>problems at all.
>
>
> What mobo and net card does it have?
>
> I recently failed to get 2.4.28 to work on an old box that works OK on
> earlier 2.4s.
>
> Do you see the card/any traffic on counters if you ifconfig?
>
> Andy.
>

mobo: don't know. how can i figure out on a running system?
net card: 3Com 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink

ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
inet addr:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX Bcast:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: xxxx::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/xx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:131 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:13944 (13.6 Kb)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x2000

the routing table is also ok.

Strange behaviour!

Thanks,
gimickser

gimickser wrote:

> mobo: don't know. how can i figure out on a running system?
> net card: 3Com 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink

I guess I should have said chipset rather than mobo. You can use lspci to
see add -v or -vv -vvv to get more detail.

I have an intel 440bx based with rtl8139 and just wanted to see if there
was anything in common.


> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:131 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>

I get all 0s. I rarely use this PC now so the last one I did is 2.4.20 and
it's an old distro 2.2 based so I think we could have different issues.

I'll try some other versions if I get time and see where it changes.

It's still worth posting your chip details though, someone may know of
issues.

Andy.

Andy Furniss wrote:
> gimickser wrote:
>
>
>>mobo: don't know. how can i figure out on a running system?
>>net card: 3Com 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink
>
>
> I guess I should have said chipset rather than mobo. You can use lspci to
> see add -v or -vv -vvv to get more detail.
>
> I have an intel 440bx based with rtl8139 and just wanted to see if there
> was anything in common.
>
>
>
>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:131 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>
>
>
> I get all 0s. I rarely use this PC now so the last one I did is 2.4.20 and
> it's an old distro 2.2 based so I think we could have different issues.
>
> I'll try some other versions if I get time and see where it changes.
>
> It's still worth posting your chip details though, someone may know of
> issues.
>
> Andy.
>

Thanks Andy!

i got the problem solved. I have two different net cards installed and
both modules loaded (3c59x and r8169).
Now i unloaded the 3c59x module and it's working with the other net card
(r8169). Since i want to use only one net card in the system, everything
is ok.

Is it possible, that both modules deranged each other?

Thanks and greetz
gimickser

In article <cs9f6m$ijn$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> i got the problem solved. I have two different net cards installed and
> both modules loaded (3c59x and r8169).
> Now i unloaded the 3c59x module and it's working with the other net card
> (r8169). Since i want to use only one net card in the system, everything
> is ok.
>
> Is it possible, that both modules deranged each other?

With 3Com garbage in the system, any strange bug is possible.