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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!news.ultranet.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!purdue!news.bu.edu!mi From: mi@cs.bu.edu (Mikhail Teterin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Whining and complaining (example) Date: 1 Aug 1995 19:08:42 GMT Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3vlu3q$b7a@news.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: csb.bu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] After managing my home machine with no serious problems, I expected installing FreeBSD at work (on a much better machine, BTW) with no problems. And the first thing was, that at work I have a network card -- which is much more convenient then modem w/ ppp. Well, my 3c509 card was kind of working, but for mysterious reasons was causing stray IRQs (#7 and 15), was very slow, and those massive IRQs were making the whole thing slow as XT. May be the card is fine, but it's presence was causing problems on other devices? If the card is bad, then why does it work perfectly (ftp -- over 50Kb/sec from ftp.freebsd.org) from Windows NT? Ok, LINT says 3c509 is buggy -- I try another card (from Intell). It is recognized as ix-device, but automatic probing does not set the IRQ correctly -- gets timeouts after that. If I set the IRQ myself it starts complaining about heartbeat (it is RJ-49 connector -- twisted pair !) and about excess collisions. No need to say it does not connect me to any one. Works alright from Windows NT... (with their drivers, of course). This is an example of whine, and no serious reaction is expected, other then constructive suggestions on how to make either card work. -mi -- -- Why is that 2 o'clock all the time?! -- It is a manometer!!!