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On Monday 17 February 2003 03:53 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > All, > > I reinstalled beta 3 and it did not work again. Seems like there is a > bit of a problem with Realtek network cards. Mine is a RTL 8139 but > there is a guy on the cooker list with a RTL8129 with the same problem. > The route for the gateway is setup eth0 is there everything seems fine. > So it looks like this is a show stopper for beta 3 for me and anyone > else with a realtek card. Yes I have done the acpi=off and so had he. It > has been logged at bugzilla > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566 so now it's wait and > see. > > Tony. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Mdk 9.1 beta3 network problem > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 13 February 2003 06:40 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I installed beta 3 last night on my system (formatted /, /usr and /var > > but kept /home), everything seems fine except for the internet > > connection. I have a realtek 8139 card. The mcc says the lan is up but > > not the internet (have to run mcc from command line as menu icon does > > not work). I had no probs with 9.0 and when I boot into windows the > > internet is there. I looked through cooker list last night and could > > not > > > find anything similar to my problem so I assume that it is a settings > > problem. Do I need to remove some of the hidden directories from my > > home > > > dir, and if so which ones, as I have a lot for programs I want to keep > > the settings for? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tony. > > Do you have a newer motherboard. Some newer hardware, particularly > mobos with > VIA chipsets, does not have acpi implemented properly in the kernel, > which > causes what you are describing. > > Try hitting the esc key when the LILO menu comes up and typing the > following > at the prompt: > > linux noapic acpi=off > > and see if that solves the problem. > > If it does, upgrade your beta 3 kernel to the latest one in Cooker and > see if > that fixes the problem also. It did for my machine. > > /g > > > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- > > This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have > received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or > disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes > or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. > > The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not > necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless > specifically stated. > > Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their > attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) > to verify the integrity of such emails. > > > Business Computer Projects Ltd > BCP House > 151 Charles Street > Stockport > Cheshire > SK1 3JY > > Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 > Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 > Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/>
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