https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c2 --- Comment #2 from Caroline Williams 2011-04-20 11:02:10 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1)

are you using a wired network interface ?

Yes. I should add that I'm currently running 7 suse machines on this (university) network. The SLES 11, the 11.2 and the 11.3 machines all download all of their updates perfectly happily. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c3 Carlos Robinson changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |carlos.e.r@opensuse.org --- Comment #3 from Carlos Robinson 2011-04-20 13:55:44 UTC --- Being a university network, please double check that there is or there is not proxy settings, on the affected machine and the others, for comparison. It is in /etc/sysconfig/proxy, IIRC. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c5 Bill Smith changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hbco2@sbcglobal.net --- Comment #5 from Bill Smith 2011-04-20 15:45:42 UTC --- I have had the same problem (with the same files as listed in the examples here) since upgrading to 11.4. Using zypper upgrade, or Yast doesn't seem to make any difference, the download stalls. It would appear from the messages that a partial file is downloaded in some examples, but the directory entry stored on the system shows 0 bytes. The error message using zypper update shows only a partial file specification, for example: /suse/i586/qt3-3.3.8b-111.1.i586.rpm full file description example: http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...111.1.i586.rpm It is not possible to download the file on the target 11.4 system using Firefox. The download stalls. However, it is possible to use this same full file specification listed in the zypper update to download the file from Firefox on another computer, in my case, a SuSE 11.2 machine. It is then possible to copy the file from the other system into a directory tree that reflects the shortened path as shown above, and from top of the directory tree run "zypper refresh", followed by "zypper update" to install the file. If "zypper update" is not run from the directory at the top of the directory tree, zypper attempts to download the file, which fails. I have noticed in a couple of instances that zypper downloads the file, but is able to do so and complete the installation without stalling if the file is already on the system as described. By this time, a number of sub-directories have been created to hold update files: /Essentials/i586/ /rpm/i586 /suse/i586 ./suse/i686/ ./suse/noarch/ Searching the internet using a search engine shows similar problems with earlier SuSE versions (and other varieties of Linux). However, I have been unable to find any resolution. Search using the terms 'SuSE 11.4 Download (curl) error for: Can't provide'. My apologies if that leads to a goose chase, but it lead me to comments regarding this issue from other users. Upgrade attempts from runlevel 3 produce the same result. HTH Bill -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c7 Cristian Morales Vega changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |cmorve69@yahoo.es --- Comment #7 from Cristian Morales Vega 2011-04-21 11:43:39 UTC --- The last received data packets are correctly acknowledged. No more packets are received until the connection is locally closed, at in that moment the ACK for the FIN packet shows more packets were lost. So... network card driver problem? Would be good to know which network cards affected users have. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c9 Cristian Rodríguez changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |camw3@cam.ac.uk --- Comment #9 from Cristian Rodríguez 2011-04-21 10:08:06 CLT --- Ok, let's ensure it is not an already fixed possible kernel bug, can you install latest kernel from Kernel:HEAD repository ? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c11 --- Comment #11 from Caroline Williams 2011-04-21 15:12:51 UTC --- Just to say that I'm gone for Easter now but I'll try with the new kernel when I'm back towards the end of next week. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c13 Bill Smith changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW InfoProvider|camw3@cam.ac.uk | --- Comment #13 from Bill Smith 2011-04-21 17:50:14 UTC --- (In reply to comment #10)

(In reply to comment #7)

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So... network card driver problem? Would be good to know which network cards affected users have.

Extracting info from forum posts:

Trollicus: Dual core 2.88 MHz intel, Nvidia 8800 GTX 784 MB, 4 GB 800MHz RAM, 2x 500GB WD Serial ATA HD, 3c905x network card. HDMI Audio.

hbco2: not known.

akwatton: (home, no proxy; runlevel 3 works) "3Com 3C905c-TX/TXM ethernet card in PC."

So, at least three people have the same card.

hbco2: Card model 3Com 3C902C-TXM Model: "Ethernet network interface" Driver: "3c59x" Great analysis! Should another card be used? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c15 --- Comment #15 from Carlos Robinson 2011-04-21 18:48:30 UTC --- (In reply to comment #14)

Ok, clearly is a kernel bug, cannot be just coincidence that affected users are using the same kernel driver...

Could it be a certain sequence of bytes triggering this? Is there a way to find out? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c17 Ismail Donmez changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |idoenmez@novell.com --- Comment #17 from Ismail Donmez 2011-04-21 19:00:09 UTC --- Can someone experiencing the problem try adding "noapic" (without quotes) to the kernel boot commandline and try like that? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c19 --- Comment #19 from Cristian Rodríguez 2011-04-21 17:47:50 CLT --- (In reply to comment #18)

I've just added noapic to the kernel boot command line and tried to install acroread using Yast software manager. Still hangs in exactly the same place and gives the same error message as before.

Can you try a newer kernel from Kernel:HEAD repository ? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c21 --- Comment #21 from Cristian Rodríguez 2011-04-24 12:38:17 CLT --- (In reply to comment #20)

I rebooted the PC, logged in with the new kernel, ran software manager in yast and selected acroread for install. Unfortunately, this still hung at 99% of download.

Thanks, will be cool if you keep running Kernel:HEAD packages in case kernel devs need more information on your setup. Also, please upload a txt file with the output of "hwinfo" as root. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c23 --- Comment #23 from Tony Watton 2011-04-24 18:55:37 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=426333) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=426333) Output of hwinfo as root -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c25 --- Comment #25 from Tony Watton 2011-04-25 09:00:00 UTC --- Since my last post, comment 24, I have deleted acroread. powered the PC down, rebooted and tried to reinstall acroread. As before, it hung, So again I typed "rmmod 3c59x" and "modprobe 3c59x debug=6", tried to the download again and it worked. There's obviously something happening after typing "rmmod 3c59x" and "modprobe 3c59x debug=6" that's making the files download successfully. I will post the output of dmesg as requested in case there is something in there that may point to something. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c27 --- Comment #27 from Cristian Rodríguez 2011-04-25 10:03:14 CLT --- (In reply to comment #25)

Since my last post, comment 24, I have deleted acroread. powered the PC down, rebooted and tried to reinstall acroread. As before, it hung, So again I typed "rmmod 3c59x" and "modprobe 3c59x debug=6", tried to the download again and it worked. There's obviously something happening after typing "rmmod 3c59x" and "modprobe 3c59x debug=6" that's making the files download successfully. I will post the output of dmesg as requested in case there is something in there that may point to something.

try making "debug" permanent ;) echo "options 3c59x debug=6" >> /etc/modprobe.d/99-local.conf reboot if you get an stall, post the dmesg output, thanks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c29 --- Comment #29 from Tony Watton 2011-04-25 15:01:58 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=426415) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=426415) ouput of dmesg after trying to download acroread and it stalls. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c31 --- Comment #31 from Tony Watton 2011-04-25 18:26:06 UTC --- (In reply to comment #30)

0.000000] Using APIC driver default [ 0.000000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808 [ 0.000000] SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs [ 0.000000] Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic" [ 0.016583] ACPI: Core revision 20110316 [ 0.019211] ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0820) [ 0.020157] weird, boot CPU (#0) not listed by the BIOS. [ 0.020160] SMP motherboard not detected. [ 0.020163] Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.

can you try to boot the system with kernel boot option "lapic" (without quotes) does it actually boots and/or works correctly ?

OK, I've booted with kernel boot option "lapic" and kernel 2.6.39-rc4-10-default. Again tried to install acroread with TaST software manager and it stalled. i waited for the error message to show, and aborted at that point. I have posted output of dmesg again. When I've booted with this version of the kernel, it boots, but the graphics are all broken up on the bootsplash/login screen, but system seems to work ok after. When using the kernel boot option "lapic" the bootsplash/login screen is ok. Don't have problems with login screen at all if use kernel 2.6.37.1 Only other problems I've come across are dowmloading....... Hope this file is OK for you this time. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c33 --- Comment #33 from Cristian Rodríguez 2011-04-25 15:18:13 CLT --- (In reply to comment #31)

When I've booted with this version of the kernel, it boots, but the graphics are all broken up on the bootsplash/login screen, but system seems to work ok after. When using the kernel boot option "lapic" the bootsplash/login screen is ok.

Thta's a different issue, the problems star in your system BIOS, if you can please do this: Enter your BIOS setup program and select "load optimized defaults(or something similar)" Then a) in the power managment section, ensure ACPI is enabled. b) try to find an option like this one http://www.techarp.com/showfreebog.aspx?lang=0&bogno=269 and ensure the IOAPIC is enabled or LAPIC..whatever. b) This system is quite old it seems, ensure you have the latest BIOS from the motherboard manufacturer.. About the system messages,they seem normal Message: 234.896368] eth0: vortex_error(), status=0x8081 comes from http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=dr... line 1972 it always prints the device status when debug > 2... not something to worry about... It is either a regression somewhere else in kernel since 11.3 or is just that the new kernel doesnt handle bugs in your BIOS...huh. I'm done some kernel developer has to check this one, my knownledge stops aroud here ;-( -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c35 Juergen Moeller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |JHW.Moeller.39@jota-tech.de --- Comment #35 from Juergen Moeller 2011-04-26 04:57:52 UTC --- (In reply to comment #33)

(In reply to comment #31)

...

When I've booted with this version of the kernel, it boots, but the graphics are all broken up on the bootsplash/login screen, but system seems to work ok after. When using the kernel boot option "lapic" the bootsplash/login screen is ok.

Thta's a different issue, the problems star in your system BIOS, if you can please do this:

Enter your BIOS setup program and select "load optimized defaults(or something similar)"

Then

a) in the power managment section, ensure ACPI is enabled. b) try to find an option like this one http://www.techarp.com/showfreebog.aspx?lang=0&bogno=269 and ensure the IOAPIC is enabled or LAPIC..whatever. b) This system is quite old it seems, ensure you have the latest BIOS from the motherboard manufacturer..

About the system messages,they seem normal

Message: 234.896368] eth0: vortex_error(), status=0x8081

comes from http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=dr... line 1972 it always prints the device status when debug > 2... not something to worry about...

It is either a regression somewhere else in kernel since 11.3 or is just that the new kernel doesnt handle bugs in your BIOS...huh. I'm done some kernel developer has to check this one, my knownledge stops aroud here ;-(

Because I got exactly the same problem installing updates/patches and downloading acroread, Inkscape or Scribus as Tony Watson described earlier I would like to remind you that this bug is in the first place a problem within the 2.6.37.1-kernel for 32-bit-machines and not a possible failure of the motherboard BIOS. Until openSUSE 11.3 everything worked as it should and updating my 64-machine to 11.4 was successful also. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c37 Kai Lappalainen changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kl@httgmbh.net --- Comment #37 from Kai Lappalainen 2011-04-26 20:42:24 UTC --- I am affected by the same problem. I have an older machine (Dell Dimension 4550) with 3 NICs running 11.4 (i586) in runlevel 3 as router/firewall: eth0 - 3c59x - LAN eth1 - 3c59x - Internet 1 (ADSL - websurfing/updates etc.) - default gateway eth2 - e100 - Internet 2 (SDSL - corporate VPN) Updates stall for several files, always at the same percent level. Same for downloading this file with wget or firefox/chrome/arora. If I change the default gatway to eth2 (e100 NIC), file transfer works fine. I can confirm that if I "rmmod 3c59x; modprobe 3c59x" after booting file transfers work fine via eth1 (3c59x) too. Other client machines with different NICs running 11.4 (X64) are unaffected. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c39 --- Comment #39 from Cristian Rodríguez 2011-04-27 14:33:13 CLT --- (In reply to comment #37)

I can confirm that if I "rmmod 3c59x; modprobe 3c59x" after booting file transfers work fine via eth1 (3c59x) too.

Ok, that's interesting, plz do the following. install package "netdiag" reboot when the card stalls, run # vortex-diag -aaee > vortex-diag.bad # mii-diag -v > mii-diag.bad then do rmmod 3c59x; modprobe 3c59x and then # vortex-diag -aaee > vortex-diag.good # mii-diag -v > mii-diag.good after that , create a tarball, with those files tar -jcvf 3comdiag.tar.bz2 *-diag.* upload the resulting tarball here. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c41 --- Comment #41 from Tony Watton 2011-05-01 19:11:33 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=427456) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=427456) tarball of netbios tests -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c43 Juergen Moeller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |JOTA-T@T-Online.de --- Comment #43 from Juergen Moeller 2011-05-02 05:34:42 UTC --- (In reply to comment #42)

(In reply to comment #40)

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I also updated bios as you suggested to latest from manufacturers site. PC did not work next day.

huh, sometimes you can mess stuff up.. ;)

...

Took two days to get working again with original bios.

ok, Saw your files, they dont provide any useful hint :| we are stuck here.

You guys at Novell should check the kernels of openSUSE 11.3 and openSUSE 11.4 of the 32-bit-version and surge for differencies. And you should also check the kernels of openSUSE 11.4 (32-bit) and openSUSE 11.4 (64-bit). Both my PCs have nearly the same hardware-equipment, the 64-bit-machine works fine with openSUSE 11.4, the 32-bit-machine causes the o.m. troubles. To download the latest kernel-update I had to go down to runlevel 3, but this is not the solution I wanted! Again: The problem are not Tony Wattons or mine "old" PCs but the bug lies inside the software. I'm very interested to know if there is any smooth running 32-bit-machine with openSUSE 11.4 and if "YES" which hardware is installed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c46 --- Comment #46 from Kai Lappalainen 2011-05-11 15:01:23 UTC --- (In reply to comment #39)

Ok, that's interesting, plz do the following. ...

After the mentioned rmmod/modprobe action the problem did not reapear - even not after rebooting. I noticed that the kernel-firmware package was not installed by default, so I installed it manually. (Don't know, if it's relevant.) Unfortunatley I can't test very much with this computer as this is a production machine 24/7. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c48 --- Comment #48 from Caroline Williams 2011-05-16 08:25:52 UTC --- This problem cropped up again this morning. Various updates had failed over the weekend, specifically kdelibs4, perl, python-base, and python-xml. Interestingly closely related packages such as kdelibs4-core, libkde4, libkdecore4, libksuseinstall1, libpython2_7-1_0, perl-base and python were fine. As suggested, I did rmmod 3c59x then modprobe 3c59x debug=6 and was able to download kdelibs4. I then rebooted and, without having added these lines to rc.local, had no problem downloading the rest of the packages. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c50 Helmut Walle changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |helmut.walle@gmail.com --- Comment #50 from Helmut Walle 2011-06-05 00:27:16 UTC --- Hmmm, this is pretty bizarre... here are some higher-level observations regarding this problem, but first some system configuration information: * openSUSE 11.4 * 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-02-21 10:34:10 +0100 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux * 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 74) * Thomson ST536 v6 ADSL modem * ISP: NZ Telecom / Xtra broadband Symptoms: stalling RPM downloads on certain RPM files (but not all RPMs!) when using either Yast SW Management, zypper CLI, HTTP or FTP downloads via Firefox, or wget / wget -c. The stalling does not always happen, but when it does happen it is persistent for certain RPM files, irrespectively of the repository server being used. Otherwise networking appears to be fine at the same time, with DNS POP3, SMTP, web browsing, working fine and speedy without issues. Now here comes the strange (and possibly interesting) thing: when I was in this stuck state, I tried going to runlevel 3 and then repeating the downloads with wget - again the same problem. Then I rebooted (into runlevel 5), but did not log into KDE. Instead, I only logged into tty1 and ran the same wget again, and it went perfectly smoothly on two files straight away. So is there something that gets loaded or can become stuck when logging into KDE that may cause the trouble? I've got no idea... Let me know if this is useful and if there is more specific information I could add. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c52 Cristian Rodríguez changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |mmarek@novell.com --- Comment #52 from Cristian Rodríguez 2011-07-19 14:19:21 CLT --- Michal, can you assign this bug to someone knowledgeable on the networking code, clearly a bug in the driver.. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c54 --- Comment #54 from Anton Samsonov 2011-08-23 15:15:18 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=447209) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=447209) tcpdump IP/TCP headers log when downloading RPM with wget logs of "tcpdump -n -vvv tcp port 80" 1. good (in runlevel 5, before logging into KDE4) 2. bad (after logging into KDE4) 3. bad (another try) 4. good (after running "service network restart") -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c56 --- Comment #56 from Erkki Ruohtula 2011-08-30 04:08:22 UTC ---

Can you confirm that this is not just a broken mirror [...]

Clearly it is not a case of a broken mirror, because the workaround mentioned in earlier comments hides the problem! Also, I tried specifying different mirrors by hand, without that helping any. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c58 Kevin Brewer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kbrewer57@myfairpoint.net --- Comment #58 from Kevin Brewer 2011-12-07 21:53:59 UTC --- (In reply to comment #12)

I too use a 3com 3C905c-TX/TXM ethernet card and have had problems downloading with YaST software manager or wget. Many files will download OK, but I'm getting repeated problems with acroread (which always hangs in the same spot

I also have a 3com 3C905c-TX/TXM card and have been having problems with downloads. Just installed opensuse 12.1. My solution was to use my wireless card instead of wired. Problem went away. K Brewer -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c60 --- Comment #60 from Kai Lappalainen 2011-12-08 18:55:32 UTC --- IMHO the problem has nothing to do with a certain runlevel - with changing runlevels - and because of this reinitializing network - maybe? In our case only 32bit machines with 3C905 cards are affected. All operate in runlevel 3 only (firewalls - no gui). These machines use ifup (not networkmanger) and static ip addresses. My observations: * "rmmod 3c59x ; modprobe 3c59x" always worked as a workaround. * The problem seems to go away if I disable "assign hostname to loopback ip" option in yast - at least it didn't show up for about 2 weeks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c62 --- Comment #62 from Erkki Ruohtula 2012-03-30 12:50:00 UTC ---

I don't believe that the only source of our problem is the 3com ethernet card because most of all patches are downloaded and installed properly.

My theory is that some rare bit pattern in the data triggers this bug, which is approaching its anniversary :-(. I know the idea sounds bizarre (why should the driver care about the data), but I think I have seen the bug bite in other net usage as well: sometimes (rarely, and I cannot point to an example) large images or Flashes hang, unless I have done the modprobe hack described in prior comments. So I nowadays do it always by hand. For whatever reason I cannot automate it in RCs, it has to be done after the system has "settled" (possibly I have been doing some total loser's mistake in my attempts at automation). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c64 Michael Heil changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |h.michael.heil@gmx.de --- Comment #64 from Michael Heil 2012-08-02 23:19:43 UTC ---

Please re-test with openSUSE 12.1

I'm using openSUSE 12.1 i586 on a Pentium III, with the ethernet adapter 3C905CX-TX/TX-M Fast Etherlink for PC running with driver 3c59x, and I still experience the same problems, downloading software packages, or updating. Albeit with some difficulties (see http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-logi...) I have installed all online updates for 12.1. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454#c Jeff Mahoney changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|Kernel |Kernel AssignedTo|kernel-maintainers@forge.pr |bpoirier@suse.com |ovo.novell.com | Product|openSUSE 11.4 |openSUSE 12.1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.