fc6 - 3c59X broken with updates

[David Timms]

Jerry Williams wrote:
> I was looking at a problem with system-config-kickstart and decided I should
> update my system first.  I updated it on Jan 10th, so it wasn't too long
> ago.
> 
> Anyway after the updates when the network would start it would say that my
> 3c59x wasn't ready.
Can you quote the exact action you took, and error message you saw  ?
What is the card model exactly (not the general x) ?

> This is what it looks like in /var/log/messages:
> Jan 12 21:23:34 p450 kernel: 3c59x: Donald Becker and others.
> www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
> Jan 12 21:23:34 p450 kernel: 0000:02:0b.0: 3Com PCI 3c590 Vortex 10Mbps at
> 0001b800.
Are you sure one card wasnt a 3c905(a,b,c) ?
Perhaps you were connecting to a cisco (or similar) switch that takes 
way to long to autonegotiate, leaving the card/switch port in 10/half mode ?

> I swapped the network card for a newer 3x59x and it works now.
> This is what it looks like in /var/log/messages:
> Jan 12 22:30:06 p450 kernel: 3c59x: Donald Becker and others.
> www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
> Jan 12 22:30:06 p450 kernel: 0000:02:0b.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx
> at d0854000.

And if you swap back ?
What about the dos configure tool, maybe the card has different settings  ?

DaveT.