hi all, i have SuSE6.4 running on my machine, which is connected to my employer's network via an ethernet card (intel etherexpress pro 10+). most of the time, things are running fine. every now and then, however, the ethernet driver (eepro) gives the following message: eth0: XMT status: 0xffff80e0 (the actual number differs.) when this happens, i lose my connection. so far, the only way i've found to get it back again is to reboot. but that can be a problem, because i often have a network drive mounted (via samba), which (apparently) cannot be unmounted when the connection is down. result: i have to press the reset button, which is something i do not like doing, since i always tell my friends (most of whom think i'm nuts running linux anyway... :-) that you can usually recover nicely when something crashes, unlike some operating system we know... does anybody know what happens when the driver spits out this message? and does anybody know a way to get the connection back again without rebooting? i guess it would be enough if i could shut down eth0 manually and then start it again. any tips? TIA joost -- Joost Kremers, M.A. University of Nijmegen Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle-East PO Box 9103 6500 HD Nijmegen tel: 024-3612996 fax: 024-3611972 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/