[Bug 48263] Re: Laptop crashes if the NIC (VIA VT6102 Rhine II) is 'bounced'

[Michael R. Bernstein]

** Summary changed:

- VIA VT6102 (Rhine II) NIC does not work, crashes laptop
+ Laptop crashes if the NIC (VIA VT6102 Rhine II) is 'bounced'

** Description changed:

  I have installed Dapper on an Averatec 3250HX-01, and the networking
- does not work, despite being recognized and setup.
+ does not work (ie. nothing but the machine's own IP can even be pinged),
+ despite being recognized and setup.
  
  This laptop has a Via VT6102 networking chipset (Rhine II) and a RaLink
  RT2500 wireless chipset.
  
- If I try to disable and enable the wired or wireless ethernet using the
- 'Networking' program, the machine locks up.
+ If I try to 'bounce' (disable and then enable) the wired (or wireless)
+ ethernet using the 'Networking' program, the machine locks up.
+ 
+ dmesg indicates there is some kind of IRQ conflict (both the wired and
+ wireless chipsets are assigned to IRQ 11).
  
  Wired networking works perfectly under Breezy (I verified this by
- booting from a breezy LiveCD).
+ booting from a Breezy LiveCD) despite the same conflict. Furthermore,
+ under Breezy the video chipset is *also* assigned to IRQ 11, so this may
+ be a red-herring.
  
- dmesg indicates there is some kind of IRQ conflict, and a helpful soul
- on #ubuntu suggested I try adding pci=routeirq to the boot params, but
- this did nothing.
+ A helpful soul on #ubuntu suggested I try adding pci=routeirq to the
+ boot params, but this did nothing.

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Laptop crashes if the NIC (VIA VT6102 Rhine II) is 'bounced'
https://launchpad.net/bugs/48263