First of all, this is about Fedora 7 but I couldn't find it in the version selection. Second, since this is my first bug report, I hope that I'm choosing the right component. I apologize if it's not. Description of problem: Fedora 7 (no test version) was installed on a pentium 3@800 on a QDI Advance 10E (with latest BIOS) with a NETGEAR GA 311 gigabit NIC. The problem is that during boot, everything hangs in "bringing up eth0 interface". For some reason it just won't go past that. Now, if I enter interactive setup and say NO to eth0 bring up, boot process will continue normally and when I log on, I can just write "ifup eth0" and everything is working perfectly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Don't know. How reproducible: I tried removing ALL hardware except the VGA (geforce 256 pro) but the result was always the same. I also tried a "no-name" 100mbit NIC which worked perfectly without any problem during boot. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Remove all other hardware 2. install netgear NIC in other PCI slot 3. Actual results: Everything hang at the same exact point. Expected results: Additional info: Sorry if this is not the correct way to report this kind of bug but as I said, it's my first bug and I don't quite know how to do it.
Created attachment 156035 [details] Output of lspci -v command This is the output of lspci -v command
*** Bug 242356 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Looks like a driver bug to me. Reassigning.
I had the name problem with the system freezing at boot up with the Netgear GA311 NIC installed. I replaced with a D-Link NIC and the system boots fine.
This is realtek 8169 (r8169.c driver) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 242572 ***