Hi, Ah, something I forgot to mention ;) The DFE530TX I have is a Rev C.. the Rev B uses the Via-Rhine module. (And AFAICR the Rev A doesnt work at all) Sorry ;) James On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 09:28, shrek-m@gmx.de wrote: > James McArthur schrieb: > > Hi, > > > > Has anyone else out there got a DFE530Tx inside their RH8 box? (Its a > > RealTek 8139 based PCI card) > > > > if i do remeber right: > redhat recognize it since rhl 6.2 as via-rhine > take a look in the hcl > > under rhl 8.0 > #lsmod --> via-rhine > #modprobe via-rhine --> ok > > vi /etc/modules.conf > alias eth0 via-rhine > > everywhere via-rhine > > > > The driver that ships with RH8 (8139too) causes a severe lockup with the > > card when the card hits high utilisation - so severe that a power cycle > > is required. The light on the switch starts to flash at about 5Hz, which > > is nothing like the normal 'data transfer' indication. > > > > I downloaded and installed the rtl8139.c module from scyld.com and now > > the problems appear to have disappeared. > > > > So.. anyone else had problems like this? > > > > James > > > > with rhl 6.2/7.3/8.0 absolutely no problems with the d-link DFE-530TX > > -- > shrek-m > -- James McArthur <jamesm@pcorp.com.au> Michael: Hi. I'm Michael Jackson, from The Jacksons. Homer: I'm Homer Simpson, from the Simpsons. Stark Raving Dad
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