Great! :) Dave
> Disabling the the power saving in the bios and turning off apm and acpi > during boot works! > > Next, I'll recompile the kernel the right ACPI settings. > > Thank you very much guys, > > Danny > > > > Do you have apm or acpi installed? This can be, depending on the > > > computer, a constant source of trouble, as some features of the power > > > saving modes are in the BIOS and for this often buggy... > > > > Yeah, I also think this looks rather like a power saving problem. It's > > not just crippled NIC, but also the monitor. They seem turned off > > because of that idle time period. You might want to try to fiddle with > > your kernel's ACPI/APM settings or to update acpid daemon. > > > > Maybe just quick disabling of energy saving in BIOS and booting with > > these parameters passed to lilo: "acpi=off apm=off" might indicate you > > if the problem is related to that. If so, recompile your kernel with > > different ACPI config - I've noticed there are some special options for > > buggy BIOSes, etc. > > > > Good luck, > > David :)
