> > I don't know if this is related, but starting about the 2.1.39 kernel
> > and getting worse now that I jumped to 2.1.41, my system (P-166, 40MB RAM,
> > 3c509 card, running X11/MetroX, RedHat 4.1, Netscape 3.01) will lockup
> > hard and require the power switch. This appears to be similar to the
> > network/graphics/mouse bug that I think someone reported earlier. There
> > is nothing noted in the logs (/var/log/messages). The system did hang
> > hard once when it was in text mode, but there was no core dump or "screen
> > of death" to get information from. Anyone else experiencing this or have
> > words of wisdom?
I'm running a Dell P166 with the 3c509 card and Slackware 2.0 distribution
and I keep having an ethernet card problem that involves an error message:
Waiting for 3c509 to drop packet: Status: 2002
Also, my connection between this machine and my others on the local
network is horribly slow. I checked the card configuration, and it is
correct. Could this be a linux-specific problem related to the 2.1.41
kernel? I can't recall seeing this error before I installed the kernel,
but even if it had occured before, it was never in the frequency it is now
(about 10 warnings per minute). If anyone has any ideas, please tell!
Neil Goldman
avatar@fprefect.thehilll.org