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Date:      Sat, 29 Sep 2001 17:19:42 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        Mark <mw@lanfear.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Network card dying?
Message-ID:  <20010929171942.A65381@jonc.itouch>
In-Reply-To: <000901c14836$830f33d0$0200000a@redmond.corp.microsoft.com>; from mw@lanfear.com on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 08:59:08AM -0700
References:  <000901c14836$830f33d0$0200000a@redmond.corp.microsoft.com>

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On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 08:59:08AM -0700, Mark wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm suddenly seeing the following in my logs, around when my system is
> freezing up for a few seconds at a time:
> 
> 
> Sep 28 04:48:36 akira /kernel: fxp0: device timeout
> Sep 28 05:11:36 akira /kernel: fxp0: device timeout
[...]
> 
> 	is this likely a network card dying, or this just be an issue in
> the kernel that a reboot will take care of?

Why not check the cable connections first? Usually it's 'cos someone's
introduced a marginal cable or the connection's loose.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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