Re: [TCLUG:22327] Network troubles (SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable)

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

Try disabling PNP mode in the BIOS and see what happens.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

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From: <barnabas@knicknack.net>
To: "TCLUG List" <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:39 PM
Subject: [TCLUG:22327] Network troubles (SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily
unavailable)


> I just got a new system (Asus A7V mobo, 800 MHz Athalon processor,
> Matrox G400) and am trying to install a network card that I already
> had on hand.  I have installed Slackware 7.1 (kernel 2.2.16).
>
> The card is a Kingston card based on the RealTek RTL8139 chip.  The
> driver modules loads fine, although it reports the card at IRQ 0 (yes,
> that's zero).  When I try to ifconfig the eth0 interface, however, it
> reports the messages: "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily
> unavailable".
>
> I have the same card in another machine which works fine and this card
> also works fine under Windows ME in this machine.
>
> I also tried a Netgear card (Tulip chip) that I had in another machine
> and saw the same message.
>
> For this reason, I'm guessing its a Linux software issue with this
> motherboard, but haven't been able to find anything yet.  Any
> suggestions either as to the problem or as to where to look?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Eric
>
>
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