<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Kernel kernel-2.6.15-1.2064_FC6 still have the most anoying problems when working with ASUS P4S800-MX SE: It identifies de network device. But eth0 does not work and in the /var/messages we have really lots of: <tt>Mar 22 10:23:22 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:23:22 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000240 Mar 22 10:23:30 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:23:30 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000240 Mar 22 10:23:38 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:23:38 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000240 Mar 22 10:23:39 terra freshclam[1895]: ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: Temporary DNS error Mar 22 10:23:39 terra freshclam[1895]: ERROR: No servers could be reached. Giving up Mar 22 10:23:39 terra freshclam[1895]: Trying again in 5 secs... Mar 22 10:23:44 terra freshclam[1895]: ClamAV update process started at Wed Mar 22 10:23:44 2006 Mar 22 10:23:46 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:23:46 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000240 Mar 22 10:23:54 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:23:54 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000240 Mar 22 10:24:02 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:24:02 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000241 Mar 22 10:24:04 terra freshclam[1895]: ERROR: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net Mar 22 10:24:04 terra freshclam[1895]: WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode. Mar 22 10:24:10 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:24:10 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000241 Mar 22 10:24:18 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:24:18 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000241 Mar 22 10:24:26 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:24:26 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000241 Mar 22 10:24:34 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:24:34 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000241 Mar 22 10:24:42 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:24:42 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000241 Mar 22 10:24:44 terra freshclam[1895]: ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: Temporary DNS error Mar 22 10:24:44 terra freshclam[1895]: ERROR: No servers could be reached. Giving up Mar 22 10:24:44 terra freshclam[1895]: Trying again in 5 secs... Mar 22 10:24:49 terra freshclam[1895]: ClamAV update process started at Wed Mar 22 10:24:49 2006 Mar 22 10:24:50 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:24:50 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000241 Mar 22 10:24:58 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:24:58 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000241 Mar 22 10:25:06 terra kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Mar 22 10:25:06 terra kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 00000004 00000241 Mar 22 10:25:09 terra freshclam[1895]: ERROR: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net Mar 22 10:25:09 terra freshclam[1895]: WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode. </tt> Aparently system identifies the f-ck-g ethernet port: <tt>Mar 22 10:22:37 terra xinetd[1691]: xinetd Version 2.3.13 started with libwrap loadavg options compiled in. Mar 22 10:22:37 terra kernel: sis900.c: v1.08.09 Sep. 19 2005 Mar 22 10:22:37 terra xinetd[1691]: Started working: 0 available services Mar 22 10:22:37 terra kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 5 Mar 22 10:22:37 terra kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 Mar 22 10:22:37 terra kernel: 0000:00:04.0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1. Mar 22 10:22:37 terra kernel: 0000:00:04.0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default Mar 22 10:22:37 terra kernel: eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd400, IRQ 5, 00:13:d4:3c:34:be. Mar 22 10:22:37 terra kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10 Mar 22 10:22:37 terra kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 </tt>Not being able to test kernels newer than<tt> Linux terra.intramundi 2.6.15-1.2009.4.2_FC5 #1 Thu Mar 2 18:10:16 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux seems to be a real major setback... By the other side, ASUS motherboards are common enough to attract atention from kernel developers... So, what is going so wrong with it that we have almost two months of uncompliance???? By the way.. there are also other setbacks: videodev does not work, so OV511 devices (like webcams) stay stoned deeeaaad. Bye... </tt> </body> </html>