Bizarre Transmission-induced network bug, driver crapping out maybe?

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
>> The tell-tale signs that this has happened are there: All my torrents
>> are displaying 'Remaining time unknown, idle', and if I ping
> 
> 
>> Motherboard is onboard, SIS190. This never happened with my Acer
>> Aspire One via wireless, so I'm assuming its the driver/eth/board.
>>
> 
> realtek nic? Which version of Ubuntu? Hardy?
> 

If you tail /var/log/syslog, you should see kernel messages regarding 
the problem. One possible temporary solution would be to stop networking 
and then start it again...at least on Redhat/Fedora boxes. They would 
unload the driver and reset everything.