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SubjectRe: ifconfig -> TX packets 0, errors:18425
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
>
>
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