Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-30 Thread Hornet
On 11/24/05, Gerard H. Pille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > a couple of days ago, when booting into Debian, I could not get a > DHCP-offer, so the network was not brought up. > > I assigned an address that was not in use via ifconfig, and tried a > couple of pings. > > Pinging a system in

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-29 Thread Joseph H. Fry
On Thursday 24 November 2005 2:01 am, Gerard H. Pille wrote: > Hello, > > a couple of days ago, when booting into Debian, I could not get a > DHCP-offer, so the network was not brought up. > > I assigned an address that was not in use via ifconfig, and tried a > couple of pings. > > Pinging a syste

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-25 Thread Eduardo Rocha Costa
Take a look at this: http://www.badcaps.net/faq/ On 24 Nov 2005 23:02:21 -0800 "Gerard H. Pille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eduardo Rocha Costa wrote: > > I have seen capacitors leak, by power line over volts (don't know the exact > > expression) or changes... Here in my city in Brazil, thi

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-25 Thread Paul Johnson
Gerard H. Pille wrote: > Got feedback about the previous MB: a number of capacitors blown. > Capacitors on the current MB look fine to me. Unrelated. See headline from this week. http://news.com.com/PCs+plagued+by+bad+capacitors/2100-1041_3-5942647.html > Linuxing may harm your capacitors? Nop

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 November 2005 01:49, Gerard H. Pille wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> No, certainly not. But there has sure been a regular pandemic of bad >> capacitors plagueing many of the motherboard makers over the last >> say, 3-4 years. Seemingly runs in batches. We've had to replace >> most of

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-24 Thread Gerard H. Pille
Eduardo Rocha Costa wrote: > I have seen capacitors leak, by power line over volts (don't know the exact > expression) or changes... Here in my city in Brazil, this is normal to this > happen > But then: why only my system, twice? Faulty power supply? And if the capacitors are blown, how com

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-24 Thread Gerard H. Pille
Gene Heskett wrote: > No, certainly not. But there has sure been a regular pandemic of bad > capacitors plagueing many of the motherboard makers over the last say, > 3-4 years. Seemingly runs in batches. We've had to replace most of > them on the biostars from about 3-4 years ago for instance.

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-24 Thread Eduardo Rocha Costa
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:28:06 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gerard H. Pille wrote: > > >Got feedback about the previous MB: a number of capacitors blown. > >Capacitors on the current MB look fine to me. > > > >Linuxing may harm your capacitors? > > > > > > We're a Dell shop where

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-24 Thread Kent West
Gerard H. Pille wrote: >Got feedback about the previous MB: a number of capacitors blown. >Capacitors on the current MB look fine to me. > >Linuxing may harm your capacitors? > > We're a Dell shop where I work, and over the past couple of years have had to replace a LOT of Dell mobos because of

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 November 2005 07:49, Gerard H. Pille wrote: >Kent West wrote: >> Gerard H. Pille wrote: >> >> Sounds similar to the problem I was seeing; I fnally gave up on >> finding a solution and went back to my previous kernel. >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/10/msg02530.html >> >>

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-24 Thread Gerard H. Pille
Kent West wrote: > Gerard H. Pille wrote: > > Sounds similar to the problem I was seeing; I fnally gave up on finding > a solution and went back to my previous kernel. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/10/msg02530.html > > -- > Kent I'll give the previous debian kernel a go, but I don't h

Re: Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-24 Thread Kent West
Gerard H. Pille wrote: a couple of days ago, when booting into Debian, I could not get a DHCP-offer, so the network was not brought up. I assigned an address that was not in use via ifconfig, and tried a couple of pings. Pinging a system in the same subnet succeeded, but pinging the gateway fa

Linux nukes my network hardware?

2005-11-23 Thread Gerard H. Pille
Hello, a couple of days ago, when booting into Debian, I could not get a DHCP-offer, so the network was not brought up. I assigned an address that was not in use via ifconfig, and tried a couple of pings. Pinging a system in the same subnet succeeded, but pinging the gateway failed. IP: 10.40.