AHHHHHHH So there IS a problem - I thought it was me!
Martin
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Julian Richardson wrote:
> Has anyone got any idea on when the token ring problem will be fixed?
> I've only heard vague references to there being a problem, not any sort
> of description of what the problem is - it only seems to affect pcmcia
> cards though, not desktops (we have 2.2.x machines here running with
> both Madge and IBM cards without problems).
>
> My laptop dies entirely if I try to connect it's pcmcia token ring card
> to my work's network though (which is frustrating to say the least - the
> only dial-in access to my work is via an NT machine and getting linux to
> talk to that is a headache!!)
>
> cheers
>
> Jules
>
> >----------
> >From: Anders Andersson[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: 01 July 1999 16:51
> >To: 'Tiziano Zanotti'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: SV: Token Ring
> >
> >Hi
> >I had the same prob but disapered as soon as I installed RH5.2
> >This is what I got after sending a question
> >
> >>The BUGS file for 3.0.9 says:
> >>
> >> o The token ring driver tweaks a problem in the memory management
> >> code. To work around the problem, remove all high memory windows
> >> from /etc/pcmcia/config.opts. The driver is also completely broken
> >> for late 2.1 and 2.2 kernels.
> >>
> >> -- Dave Hinds
> >>
> >>Red Hat 6.0 uses the new Linux 2.2 kernel, so you might be out of luck with
> >>this kernel until someone fixes the driver.
> >>
> >>Good luck.
> >
>
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