Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Apr 1998 15:02:12 -0400 (EDT) | From | Filip Bujanic <> | Subject | Re: ifconfig -> TX packets 0, errors:18425 |
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This is an ifconfig problem. The format of /proc/net/dev has changed in new kernels and this broke ifconfig. I have a patch agains net-tools-1.432 to fix this. If you are interested email me and I will post this patch tonight.
fil
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 11:38:09 +0200 > From: Stefan van der Eijk <stefan@stack.nl> > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: ifconfig -> TX packets 0, errors:18425 > > Hello, > > First of all I'd like to say that I'm quite a newbie with > development kernels... I've just compiled a 2.1.95 kernel, > everything works fine but I get some strange things with > ifconfig... > > An ifconfig with the 2.0.33 kernel looks like this: > > [root@stefan linux]# ifconfig > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 > RX packets:175 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:175 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0 > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:C6:A2:5A > inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0 > Interrupt:15 Base address:0xd800 > > ippp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > inet addr:131.155.211.52 P-t-P:131.155.12.3 Mask:255.255.0.0 > UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:1260 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll: > > While with the 2.1.95 it looks like this: > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 > RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:3091 dropped:30 overruns:0 carrier:0 > coll:0 > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:C6:A2:5A > inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:61 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0 > Interrupt:15 Base address:0xd800 > > ippp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > inet addr:131.155.211.32 P-t-P:131.155.12.3 Mask:255.255.0.0 > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:339 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:18425 dropped:270 overruns:0 carrier:0 > coll:0 > > See that the TX packets on the lo and ippp0 (isdn) interfaces are 0 and > that the errors keep piling up... The strange thing is that I am > connected to > the internet right now over the ippp0 interface and things seem to be > going > OK... > > greetings, > > Stefan van der Eijk > stefan@stack.nl > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >
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