Try disabling PNP mode in the BIOS and see what happens. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <barnabas at knicknack.net> To: "TCLUG List" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:39 PM Subject: [TCLUG:22327] Network troubles (SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable) > I just got a new system (Asus A7V mobo, 800 MHz Athalon processor, > Matrox G400) and am trying to install a network card that I already > had on hand. I have installed Slackware 7.1 (kernel 2.2.16). > > The card is a Kingston card based on the RealTek RTL8139 chip. The > driver modules loads fine, although it reports the card at IRQ 0 (yes, > that's zero). When I try to ifconfig the eth0 interface, however, it > reports the messages: "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily > unavailable". > > I have the same card in another machine which works fine and this card > also works fine under Windows ME in this machine. > > I also tried a Netgear card (Tulip chip) that I had in another machine > and saw the same message. > > For this reason, I'm guessing its a Linux software issue with this > motherboard, but haven't been able to find anything yet. Any > suggestions either as to the problem or as to where to look? > > Thanks. > > Eric > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org