Re: [SLUG] ppp0: error fetching interface information device not found

2008-03-21 Thread Glen Turner
> Sounds like the module isn't loaded early enough at boot time. Fedora will load the module the first time the interface is referenced as it has a entry in /etc/modprobe.conf for each interface, for example: alias eth0 3c59x alias eth1 3c59x alias eth2 8139too > I couldn't find such a fi

[SLUG] [OT] Gigabyte Motherboards

2008-03-21 Thread Murray Waldron
G'day Sluggers, Time to upgrade my old PII machine. The local computer shop uses Gigabyte motherboards in all there pre-assembled machines. (The also sell ASUS and Abit boards separately) I was thinking of using the GA-P35-DS3P M/B that comes with Realtek ALC889A codec for sound and Realtek

Re: [SLUG] [OT] Gigabyte Motherboards

2008-03-21 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Murray Waldron wrote: > I was thinking of using the GA-P35-DS3P M/B that comes with Realtek > ALC889A codec for sound and Realtek 8111B chip for LAN. I had bad experiences with Realtek network chips and their Linux drivers over a couple of years. When gigabit ethernet was a little new. I was do

[SLUG] The Australian Open Source Industry and Community Census Launch

2008-03-21 Thread Pia Waugh
Hi all, We thought considering this project has such a strong community element, plus many of your responded to the Census, that it would be completely appropriate to post an invitation to the launch event here :) Hope to see you there! Cheers, Pia Waugh Partners invites you to the launch

Re: [SLUG] centos cds ?

2008-03-21 Thread Voytek Eymont
On Fri, March 21, 2008 12:57 pm, Michael Chesterton wrote: > On 21/03/2008, at 12:02 PM, Voytek Eymont wrote: >> I've just downloaded ISO but they keep failing md5 and/or media >> checks, from 6 or more downloads so far I only have one CD that passes >> media check > ouch. try starting a to

[SLUG] Re: Gigabyte mobos

2008-03-21 Thread bill
I have 3 Gigabyte mobos wit Realtek sound and Gigabit LAN chips, plus a laptop with realtek 10/100 LAN. No problems with any of them. Running/have run MintLinux, DreamLinux, Ubuntu/Kubuntu 6.06 to ( today) 8.04 beta, plus various other distros (tinyme, minime,pupy, RedHat etc) all w/o problems