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SubjectGoing Crazy Here ... PLEASE help ...
Ok, here's the situation. I had 2.1.125 & pcmcia-cs-3.0.6-10-Nov running
just perfect on my Dell Inspiron 3000. My 3c575_cs worked like a charm as
did my modem card.

Then I decided to try out 2.1.129pre2. Compiled, booted and my ethernet
started spewing tons of

eth0: transmit timeout, tx_status 00 status e602
eth0: interrupt posted but not delivered -- IRQ blocked by another device?
......

So, I mentally shrugged and booted back in to 2.1.125.

Now 2.1.125 displays the same issues. I've recompiled the kernel,
recompiled pcmcia utils, pulled out my cards, put them back in, cold
booted, warmed boot, booted into win95, booted back and things still don't
work.

There is _ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE_ that I changed in my system. Just
booted into 2.1.129pre2 and booted back. That's it.

I've tried everything that my little mind has come up with. I've
recompiled all the tools multiple times, slimmed down my kernel to the
bare minimum, checked my bios, /etc/pcmcia/config* and other files.
Everything is identical to how it was before the fateful 129pre2 boot.

Booting into Win98 and using the card works just fine. No problem. Boot
back into Linux and do ANYTHING that fills up the tx buffer and boom.

Occasionally, I'll also get "in task swapper, cannot sync". Which causes a
fatal oops.

Let me reiterate: SIMPLY BOOTING INTO 2.1.129pre2 caused this problem.
I've been working with computers for 20 years, linux since 0.99 and I know
what I'm doing. But this has me baffled beyond expectations.

This is now my fourth post on this subject to the various lists and I have
yet to get any responses.

The terrible thing is that I had acquired this laptop for my company to
test the possibility of using Linux+ssh for secure remote access to our
private network. I have to give an answer to me boss by the end of the
week. If I cannot get this resolved, I'm going to have to do what I REALLY
DON'T want to: suggest Win95+Fsecure. I was ALL SET to give a positive
report until this little situation occured.

Please help. Any suggestions are welcome. Any comments are welcome. Any
additional information is available.

G'day!

-- n i c h o l a s j l e o n
/ elegance through simplicity /
/ good fortune through truth / http://mrnick.binary9.net
/ not all questions have answers / mailto:nicholas@binary9.net



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