Wow, my graphics, sound, and nic were all on IRQ 5!  That doesn't seem like a
good thing.

I swapped some cards around in different slots and now I have the nic on IRQ 11
and the others still on IRQ 5.  Still the same problem with killing X though.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Craig
> White
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 7:32 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Killing X server using ctrl-alt-bksp screws up eth0???
>
>
> On Sun, 2002-02-03 at 00:14, Lisa Winkler wrote:
> > Well, I don't remember exactly which card is in there (I seem to go
> through NICs like other people go through socks) but dmesg says:
> >
> > Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre8 (Oct 11, 2001)
> > PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:09.0
> > eth0: Macronix 98715 PMAC rev 32
> >
> > I suppose I could recompile my kernel with a couple of the
> different modular drivers that might work.  I was thinking of doing
> that anyway, just procrastinating.
> >
> > But the bigger question I have is, why would killing the X server
> have any effect on a NIC driver (on the kernel itself) ??  Maybe
> there is something else wrong here...
> >
> ----
> IRQ 5 is a normal location for a sound card - Perhaps it isn't about
> killing the X server, perhaps it's about not managing the sound
> interrupt that created a problem when X was launched.
>
> Typically, if you have a plug and play network card, if you move it to a
> different slot, you can move it to another PCI slot and it will find an
> unused IRQ and the OS should have no problem making the switch.
>
> Craig
>
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