NeWS dying?

[mcdonald at AEDC-VAX.AF.MIL]

We have been having two problems on our 4D240GTX lately:
   1.  getting et0: transmit: no carier messages
   2.  NeWS server dying when we try to log in

I was wondering if #2 was related to #1.  I was also wondering what
could be causing them.  The following is an entry from my SYSLOG file.
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Jun 28 12:28:20 ccfiris grcond[8077]: In limbo
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: Alive
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO:  carrier
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO: et0: transmit: no carrier
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO: et0: transmit: no carrier
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO: dks0d1s0: Directory 3 is corrupted (001768)
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO: et0: transmit: no carrier
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO: NeWS: bus error signal received
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO: 
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO: gm-2 (configured for IP7/9) 1.14+
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO: 
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: CIO: DEBUG_NOISE at 0x9806BDB2
Jun 28 12:28:24 ccfiris grcond[8077]: Child process /bin/news_server terminated by signal 6
Jun 28 12:28:25 ccfiris grcond[8077]: Restoring PROM textport microcode
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I previously posted a question about the transmit no carrier problem;
the responses were all related to whether our ethernet cable was attached/
unplugged, etc. ; our network technicians checked our lines, and they all
checked out fine.  I am assuming our ethernet board has a problem.  We
have just placed a call in to TAC about it.  

Any hints as to what these mean/what the problem is? 

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