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Subject: Re: [suse-security] Log Entries
From: Bernat Ginard (bernatkaos.es)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2000 - 04:54:41 CST

> Daniel Amthor wrote:
>
> Hi,
> anybody ever seen something like this:
>
> ---snip---
> Feb 6 20:30:07 deLonghi kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out: status
> 0050 0000 at 32045118/32045132 command 000c0000.
> Feb 6 20:30:07 deLonghi kernel: eth0: Trying to restart the
> transmitter...
> ---snip---
>
> Is that security relevant?
>

        It happened to me with an Intel EtherExpress 100 and many times the
ethernet hanged up completly (usually under high load) until I had
rebooted he system.

        I solved it getting an updated driver and recompiling the kernel with
that driver. You can get updated drivers from:

http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html 

-- 
Bernat Ginard Lladó
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