Realtek rtl8139 (Blueyonder) eth0 probs

[Guest Blackparagon]

Hey chaps, newbie to mandrake here. After spending a couple of days getting my mouse working (!) I'm now trying to get online. Mandrake recognises my NIC and uses eth0, but when it boots I get the message 'bringing up eth0 interface: failed" after about a minute of clunking and whirring from the old box. I've looked right around, through a whole load of faqs and threads, but most of them skim straight over my level of understanding - though I learn fast and have a good knowledge of IT, linux is completely new to me. I have included the output of the dmesg command. Assume you're talking to a complete and utter idiot with any replies, please!

 

I am using a realtek rtl8139 into the motorola surfboard that you get with BY broadband - via RJ45.

 

Ouput of DMESG:

 

Linux version 2.6.3-7mdk (nplanel@n3.mandrakesoft.com) (gcc version 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-6mdk)) #1 Wed Mar 17 15:56:42 CET 2004
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001fff0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000001fff0000 - 000000001fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000001fff3000 - 0000000020000000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
511MB LOWMEM available.
found SMP MP-table at 000f5220
hm, page 000f5000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000f6000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000f0000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000f1000 reserved twice.
On node 0 totalpages: 131056
 DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1
 Normal zone: 126960 pages, LIFO batch:16
 HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1
DMI 2.3 present.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 Nvidia                                    ) @ 0x000f6d20
ACPI: RSDT (v001 Nvidia AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x01010101) @ 0x1fff3000
ACPI: FADT (v001 Nvidia AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x01010101) @ 0x1fff3040
ACPI: MADT (v001 Nvidia AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x01010101) @ 0x1fff7740
ACPI: DSDT (v001 NVIDIA AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000c) @ 0x00000000
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Processor #0 6:8 APIC version 16
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] dfl dfl lint[0x1])
Using ACPI for processor (LAPIC) configuration information
Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
   Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
OEM ID: OEM00000 Product ID: PROD00000000 APIC at: 0xFEE00000
I/O APIC #2 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000.
Enabling APIC mode:  Flat.  Using 1 I/O APICs
Processors: 1
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent
bootsplash: silent mode.
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 2048 (order 11: 16384 bytes)
Detected 2004.830 MHz processor.
Using pmtmr for high-res timesource
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Memory: 514848k/524224k available (1816k kernel code, 8612k reserved, 849k data, 272k init, 0k highmem)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Calibrating delay loop... 3973.12 BogoMIPS
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd
Freeing initrd memory: 130k freed
CPU:     After generic identify, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000000
CPU:     After vendor identify, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000000
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
CPU:     After all inits, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000020
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ stepping 01
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
Setting 2 in the phys_id_present_map
...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
init IO_APIC IRQs
IO-APIC (apicid-pin) 2-0, 2-9, 2-16, 2-17, 2-18, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-23 not connected.
..TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0
..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
...trying to set up timer (IRQ0) through the 8259A ...
..... (found pin 0) ...works.
number of MP IRQ sources: 18.
number of IO-APIC #2 registers: 24.
testing the IO APIC.......................
IO APIC #2......
.... register #00: 02000000
.......    : physical APIC id: 02
.......    : Delivery Type: 0
.......    : LTS          : 0
.... register #01: 00170011
.......     : max redirection entries: 0017
.......     : PRQ implemented: 0
.......     : IO APIC version: 0011
.... register #02: 00000000
.......     : arbitration: 00
.... IRQ redirection table:
NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect:
00 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    31
01 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    39
02 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
03 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    41
04 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    49
05 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    51
06 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    59
07 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    61
08 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    69
09 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
0a 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    71
0b 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    79
0c 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    81
0d 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    89
0e 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    91
0f 001 01  0    0    0   0   0    1    1    99
10 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
11 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
12 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
13 001 01  1    1    0   1   0    1    1    A1
14 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
15 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
16 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
17 000 00  1    0    0   0   0    0    0    00
IRQ to pin mappings:
IRQ0 -> 0:0
IRQ1 -> 0:1
IRQ3 -> 0:3
IRQ4 -> 0:4
IRQ5 -> 0:5
IRQ6 -> 0:6
IRQ7 -> 0:7
IRQ8 -> 0:8
IRQ10 -> 0:10
IRQ11 -> 0:11
IRQ12 -> 0:12
IRQ13 -> 0:13
IRQ14 -> 0:14
IRQ15 -> 0:15
IRQ19 -> 0:19
.................................... done.
Using local APIC timer interrupts.
calibrating APIC timer ...
..... CPU clock speed is 2004.0307 MHz.
..... host bus clock speed is 267.0240 MHz.
NET: Registered protocol family 16
EISA bus registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfaee0, last bus=2
PCI: Using configuration type 1
mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040211
ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 © Adam Belay
PnPBIOS: Disabled
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
PCI: Discovered primary peer bus ff [IRQ]
PCI: Using IRQ router default [10de/01e0] at 0000:00:00.0
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B1,I7,P0) -> 19
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B1,I10,P0) -> 19
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B1,I10,P1) -> 19
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B2,I0,P0) -> 19
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xe0800000, size 16384k
vesafb: mode is 800x600x16, linelength=1600, pages=135
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5710
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16ac)
ikconfig 0.7 with /proc/config*
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
devfs: 2004-01-31 Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
devfs: boot_options: 0x1
Initializing Cryptographic API
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
bootsplash 3.1.4-2004/02/19: looking for picture.... silentjpeg size 14856 bytes, found (800x600, 14808 bytes, v3).
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 92x32
pty: 1024 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 32000K size 1024 blocksize
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
NFORCE2: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.0
NFORCE2: chipset revision 162
NFORCE2: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
NFORCE2: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround.
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
NFORCE2: 0000:00:09.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller
   ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
   ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: Maxtor 6Y200P0, ATA DISK drive
Using anticipatory io scheduler
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX225E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: max request size: 1024KiB
hda: Host Protected Area detected.
       current capacity is 386931551 sectors (198108 MB)
       native  capacity is 398297088 sectors (203928 MB)
hda: 386931551 sectors (198108 MB) w/7936KiB Cache, CHS=24085/255/63, UDMA(133)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 < p5 p6 p7 p8 >
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse on isa0060/serio1
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa0
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536)
NET: Registered protocol family 1
BIOS EDD facility v0.13 2004-Mar-09, 1 devices found
Please report your BIOS at [url=http://linux.dell.com/edd/results.html]http://linux.dell.com/edd/results.html[/url]
PM: Reading pmdisk image.
PM: Resume from disk failed.
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Mounted devfs on /dev
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Mounted devfs on /dev
Freeing unused kernel memory: 272k freed
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usbfs
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hub
ohci_hcd: 2004 Feb 02 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
ohci_hcd: block sizes: ed 64 td 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: OHCI Host Controller
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.0 to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: irq 5, pci mem e183c000
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: OHCI Host Controller
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.1 to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: irq 11, pci mem e183e000
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 2
EXT3 FS on hda6, internal journal
Adding 506008k swap on /dev/hda7.  Priority:-1 extents:1
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda8, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
NTFS driver 2.1.6 [Flags: R/O MODULE].
NTFS volume version 3.1.
NTFS volume version 3.1.
ohci1394: $Rev: 1097 $ Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[19]  MMIO=[e7005000-e70057ff]  Max Packet=[2048]
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[00023c00200076d3]
irq 19: nobody cared!
Call Trace:
[<c010d543>] __report_bad_irq+0x23/0x80
[<c010d638>] note_interrupt+0x78/0xa0
[<c010d839>] do_IRQ+0xd9/0x100
[<c0105000>] _stext+0x0/0x20
[<c010bf28>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
[<c0109050>] default_idle+0x0/0x30
[<c0105000>] _stext+0x0/0x20
[<c0109077>] default_idle+0x27/0x30
[<c01090dc>] cpu_idle+0x1c/0x40
[<c039e709>] start_kernel+0x159/0x190

handlers:
[<e1906580>] (__crc_ohci1394_register_iso_tasklet+0x27846b5e/0x27848e9d [ohci1394])
Disabling IRQ #19
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe1851000, 00:d0:70:01:9b:7b, IRQ 19
eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'
ip_tables: © 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4095 buckets, 32760 max) - 300 bytes per conntrack
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.3-7mdk
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW CD-MRW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver
NET: Registered protocol family 17
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry 0.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head)
eth0:  Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000.
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(38)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(38)
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(38)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(38)
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
mtrr: 0xd0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xd0000000,0x1000000
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly.
atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly.
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.3-7mdk
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c035fe60(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.3-7mdk
bootsplash 3.1.4-2004/02/19: looking for picture.... found (800x600, 11943 bytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
bootsplash 3.1.4-2004/02/19: looking for picture.... found (800x600, 11943 bytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 1 changed to on
bootsplash 3.1.4-2004/02/19: looking for picture.... found (800x600, 11943 bytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 2 changed to on
bootsplash 3.1.4-2004/02/19: looking for picture.... found (800x600, 11943 bytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 3 changed to on
bootsplash 3.1.4-2004/02/19: looking for picture.... found (800x600, 11943 bytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 4 changed to on
bootsplash 3.1.4-2004/02/19: looking for picture.... found (800x600, 11943 bytes, v3).
bootsplash: status on console 5 changed to on
SCSI subsystem initialized
st: Version 20040122, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
eth0: Tx queue start entry 4  dirty entry 0.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head)
eth0:  Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000.
eth0:  Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000.
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
eth0: no IPv6 routers present

[Guest Blackparagon]

This is the output of ifconfig:

 

[root@mybox steve]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:D0:70:01:9B:7B
         inet6 addr: fe80::2d0:70ff:fe01:9b7b/64 Scope:Link
         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:2682 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
         RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
         Interrupt:19 Base address:0x1000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
         inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
         inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
         RX packets:274 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:274 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
         RX bytes:22506 (21.9 Kb)  TX bytes:22506 (21.9 Kb

[root@mybox steve]# ifconfig interface
interface: error fetching interface information: Device not found

[Crashdamage]

It looks like your Realtek 8139 card was detected and configured correctly, (those almost always are) so that shouldn't be the problem. But since it failed to intialize your 'Net connection, of course ifconfig shows eth0 dropping packets, so you need to look into the TCPIP configuration.

 

Basic, obvious stuff first, just to be sure...

Does your ISP run on DHCP or static IPs? If DHCP, did you install and enable a DHCP client? If you did and your connection is DHCP, it should simply obtain a lease and go with no other intervention. If static, have you put in the configuration info, either in Mandrake Control Center or manually? Do you need a plain cable or x-over cable with your Surfboard? And you do have a green light on the nic, don't you?

Edited August 29, 2004 by Crashdamage

[dmkh]

I had the same error message "Bringing up eth0 interface : failed" at boot but it doesn't affect my connection (adsl via router). While reading your post I suppose that you have no problem with the NIC and you use a cable connection.

I suggest you use Mandrake Control Center (MCC) to first remove your current connection and try to reestablish a new connection :

- System - Configuration - Configure your computer - Network & Internet - Remove a connection

then

- New connection - Choose "Cable connection" and go through the procedure with Startic IP as you nomally do (In the ifconfig message I didn't see your IP address, there could be a problem with your DHCP)

Edited August 29, 2004 by dmkh

[pmpatrick]

Do you have an onboard nic with that nforce2 mb along with your realtek nic or is the realtek the only nic in your box? Having more than one nic can confuse the auto config tools and you often have to configure some stuff by hand. It's not hard, but post back if this applies.

[Draco Araurlis]

I had the same issue with both of my NIC cards - one the same as yours and an older CNet pro200. It disapeared when I plugged them into a live connection (PC on one and a switch on the other).

 

Just a hint from another newbie.