Re: "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable"

From: John Summerfield (debian_at_ComputerDatasafe.com.au)
Date: 08/27/04

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    Phil Thomson wrote:

    >
    > Hi all,
    >
    > Working on a network install of Debian, but I'm having trouble getting
    > the network to come up. My NIC is a D-Link DFE-530TX, the driver for
    > which is rtl8139. When I run dhclient, I get "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource
    > temporarily unavailable". The list archives suggest that it has
    > something to do with the driver and/or a conflicting IRQ. Does anyone
    > else have experience with this error message? What's the easiest way
    > to change the driver for this (one person suggested 8139too). How do I
    > check the IRQ's? TIA for any info.

    8139too is certainly the right driver, and the use of something else is
    a sufficient explanation of why it doesn't work.

    The Q becomes, why are you not using 8139too?

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