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winter_dm

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Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 8

network stop working after a long while without operation.

When I upgrade my archlinux to 0.8, I have a strange problem. I only installed the basic packages and don't have GUI running. I setup some servers like http, ftp and samba. When the system boot up and run for some time, the network can't be accessed anymore even if I ping the server on another computer. It seems the computer enters standby. When I press any key on the keyboard of the server,  the network will go up again and everything is OK. Before the upgrade, there is no such problem. And I really want to know how to disable the feature. Anyone can help me?

Last edited by winter_dm (2009-11-27 13:40:35)

pooflinger

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-10-05

Posts: 53

Re: network stop working after a long while without operation.

What hardware are you using?

winter_dm

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Registered: 2009-11-27

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Re: network stop working after a long while without operation.

It is my old desktop.  Here is the cpu informaiton.

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) XP
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 1004.044
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up
bogomips        : 2008.75
clflush size    : 32
power management: ts

winter_dm

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Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 8

Re: network stop working after a long while without operation.

Here is chipset and network card information:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)

winter_dm

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Registered: 2009-11-27

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Re: network stop working after a long while without operation.

I think it is a new feature of archlinux but has nothing to do with the hardware.

pooflinger

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-10-05

Posts: 53

Re: network stop working after a long while without operation.

I'm asking becouse I have the exact same issue running an ideapad s12 laptop. So no, I don't think it's the hardware either. I'm guessing it's a kernel feature. Anybody have any suggestions?