Broadcom NetXtreme b57 ethernet

I have this LAN card built into my Gateway laptop and these cards are known
to be flaky. The internet works every other boot, otherwise the broadcom
adapter is unable to connect to the internet.

Anyone know of a better driver, or manual fix i can do to get this card to
work every time?

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> I have this LAN card built into my Gateway laptop and these cards are
> known to be flaky. The internet works every other boot, otherwise the
> broadcom adapter is unable to connect to the internet.
>


Is this a *definite* "every other boot" can this be reproduced every
time?

Have you got windows on there as well and does it happen when you go
from one OS to the other?

Does it do this from a cold boot or only from warm?

Does it happen from suspend?

> Anyone know of a better driver, or manual fix i can do to get this
> card to work every time?

Some hardware does not like coming out of suspend and can be the reason
as it cannot be reactivated the same can be with re-boots from one OS
to another.

here on this desktop from a cold boot I do not get AGP unless I warm
reboot, this *is* a kernel problem which as I do not shutdown does not
bother me at all so I have not fixed it, just wondering if you are
having the same sort of thing.

Are there any errors in the boot.msg or in /var/log/messages when it
does not detect the card?

HTH
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Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp