Re: Lost connection on 8.2
From: Malke (malke3_at_elephant3boycomputers.com)
Date: 07/13/03
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Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 05:54:20 -0700
Mikk wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions so far
>
> Quick update for all interested.......
>
> I figured it may be the onboard NIC it doesn't like for some reason,
> although being a 'dabbler'
> I've tried Debian, Red Hat, Mandrake, Conectiva, Slackware and ( this
> morning) Knoppix and all have connected to the internet with no
> problems.
>
> All proved otherwise unsuitable for one reason or another, I need 4
> basic things from Linux
>
> 1..... Internet connection
> 2..... Sound, that works
> 3..... Access to my windows partitions, or at least the one with my
> MP3 collection
> 4..... OpenGL support for my Nvidia graphics card
> ( Quake 3 Arena runs much quicker on Linux :o) ) or it did on
> my old
> PIII
>
> Sooooooooo, I disabled the onboard NIC, installed a 3COM PCI
> alternative and did a fresh
> default installation ( figuring it may also be a conflicting package)
>
> Nothing ! On boot up it says waiting for IP addresss ..............
> backgrounding for now
> ( or very similar ) Booting into windows, the card is installed
> without problems btw
>
> Can't connect with anything, although it appears to be configured
> correctly as eth0 using DHCP
>
> SuSe 8.1 is ok I think ( hard to remember with all the different
> installs I've done ) but I like the look
> of 8.2 and would prefer to be using the latest KDE/Gnome/Mozilla etc
Just a thought - do you have any SCSI devices? My NIC would not share an
IRQ with the Adaptec SCSI controller in 8.2 (worked perfectly in 8.0
and 8.1). I had to pull the controller to allow the NIC to work. Also,
are there any relevant messages in /var/log/messages? You can examine
the boot log with boot.msg or YaST will let you look at system messages
if that is easier.
Cheers and don't give up,
Malke
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