Trying to fix 8139too driver problems

[David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud)]

From: Kevin Huffenberger <khuffenb at gmail.com>

>I'm trying to install linux on a hp zv6000 laptop.  (Note to self:
>never again try to install on brand new hardware.)  I have tried
>several distros, Fedora Core 4 test3 is working best, but the
>networking is working only sporadically.  Network seems to work okay
>in FC1 and Ubuntu 5.04.  I get "link up" but "transmit timed out"
>errors, so I suspect some driver conflict or misconfiguration.  I
>rarely can get a dchp lease, but not usually.
>
>I have included below the results of lspci, ifconfig, dmesg, rtl8139-diag, etc.
>
>I have no idea how to debug this kind of problem.  Any input that can
>help me track this down would be greatly appreciated.
>
>---Kevin
>
>  
>
Not seeing that on a zv6015us but:

[dave at fubar ~]# uname -a
Linux fubar.local.davenjudy.org 2.6.11-prep #1 Thu May 19 05:28:02 MDT 
2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I'm running x86_64.  On the other hand, I can't seem to get the 
slightest sign of life out of the wireless using ndiswrapper.

Dave