change medium type on Sis 900

2003-10-15 Thread Tim Broddin
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian on my mom's PC. The only problem is her Sis900. For some reason it won't work at 100 mbps. All other PC's in this house are happily working together at 100 mpbps but my mom's Sis900 NIC refuses to work at 100 mbps (it gives 99% packet loss). In that other

Re: change medium type on Sis 900

2003-10-16 Thread Tim Broddin
It's standard (straight, not crossed) twisted UTP... I thought this should be fine for 100 mbps? Thanks for your help Tim Mike Dresser wrote: On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Tim Broddin wrote: it still gives me 90-100% packet loss. The 100 mbps indicator on the switch also stays on. I'm planning

apt-get problem (on debian sid)

2003-11-30 Thread Tim Broddin
on the Packages file for gaim (which I knew was at version 0.72) and it showed up correctly. I have this idea that my local package database might be broken (?) since it's impossible that there haven't been any package updates to sid last week. Anyone has any ideas on fixing this? Kind regards Tim Broddin

Re: apt-get problem (on debian sid)

2003-11-30 Thread Tim Broddin
Thanx for the reply both. Stupid me, thought I nuked my system :) On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 16:22, Greg Folkert wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 07:32, Tim Broddin wrote: Since some days I don't get any upgradable packages when doing an apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade (0 upgraded, 0 newly