Re: Re[2]: Network Card error

2002-03-20 Thread Scott Henson
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 15:08, Alan Poulton wrote: > How stable is woody? I'm not a seasoned Linux user, by any stretch of > the imagination, so I don't want to get involved with something where > I'm a beta tester and have to report errors or anything =] > > If Woody is stable enough for the avera

Re[2]: Network Card error

2002-03-20 Thread Alan Poulton
Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 10:02:09 AM, Scott Henson wrote: > If you are really using Potato with a 2.4.x kernel, that is most > likely the problem. There are those adrian bunk packages that allow > you to do it, but it is an ugly hack. You really should try upgrading > to woody. Then you shoul

Re: Network Card error

2002-03-20 Thread Scott Henson
On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 19:56, Alan Poulton wrote: > Hi list > > I'm really new here, so if I left some information out that would help > you help me, please don't hesitate to ask me for the extra info, and > possibly how to obtain it. This is sort of a two part problem. If the > first part has no

Re[2]: Network Card error

2002-03-20 Thread Alan Poulton
Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 7:36:07 PM, Crispin Wellington wrote: > No answers to your problems specifically, just some general advice. > Try not to compile your ethernet drivers into the kernel statically. Thanks. I'll give that a shot if something specific doesn't appear in the list. I don't plan

Re[2]: Network Card error

2002-03-20 Thread Alan Poulton
Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 7:36:28 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: >> When I would connect another PC (running Windows) to eth1, I would >> get errors: > Well, maybe that is your problem. Are you using the proper > cable for direct connections: a cross-over cable? I bought a crossover cable specifically f

Re: Network Card error

2002-03-19 Thread Crispin Wellington
No answers to your problems specifically, just some general advice. Try not to compile your ethernet drivers into the kernel statically. It causes headaches when you want to change an ethernet device or fiddle with debug parameters. Compile a whole bunch of useful ones as modules. Then you can load

Re: Network Card error

2002-03-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 18:56, Alan Poulton wrote: > Hi list > > I'm really new here, so if I left some information out that would help > you help me, please don't hesitate to ask me for the extra info, and > possibly how to obtain it. This is sort of a two part problem. If the > first part has no

Network Card error

2002-03-19 Thread Alan Poulton
Hi list I'm really new here, so if I left some information out that would help you help me, please don't hesitate to ask me for the extra info, and possibly how to obtain it. This is sort of a two part problem. If the first part has no solution, then I need help with the second part. I'm trying