[Bug 48263] Re: VIA VT6102 (Rhine II) NIC does not work, crashes laptop

[Michael R. Bernstein]

John, Please note that the problem happens even when 'bouncing' eth0
(the Via VT6102), not just the RT2500. And when Centaur5 tried
blacklisting the RT2500 module on his 3225HS-20, the problem still
occurred.

** Summary changed:

- NIC does not work, crashes laptop
+ VIA VT6102 (Rhine II) NIC does not work, crashes laptop

** Description changed:

  I have installed Dapper on an Averatec 3250HX-01, and the networking
- does not work, despite being recognized and setup).
+ does not work, despite being recognized and setup.
  
  This laptop has a Via VT6102 networking chipset (Rhine II) and a RaLink
  RT2500 wireless chipset.
  
  If I try to disable and enable the wired or wireless ethernet using the
  'Networking' program, the machine locks up.
  
  Wired networking works perfectly under Breezy (I verified this by
  booting from a breezy LiveCD).
  
  dmesg indicates there is some kind of IRQ conflict, and a helpful soul
  on #ubuntu suggested I try adding pci=routeirq to the boot params, but
  this did nothing.

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VIA VT6102 (Rhine II) NIC does not work, crashes laptop
https://launchpad.net/bugs/48263