On Thu, 15 Mar 2012, Mike Connors wrote: > Based on all the weird, unresolved problems you've had I would also > suspect this. Just about all the information you have put forth regarding > this problem defies logic. I know I would feel a bit more sane knowing > that there is a good reason for all the odd behavior. :-)
Mike, Try this reason on for size: the distribution was released in April 2011 with the 2.6.37.6 kernel, and the laptop was assembled and shipped November 2011. It is almost certain that the Atheros Comm. Ethernet chip is newer than the driver in the kernel. That's what someone discovered on linuxquestions.org with the same chip and an 'older' kernel. The laptop shipped with some flavor of Windoze, as they all do. Ergo, it's quite reasonable to assume the hardware works with a current driver. This weekend I'll build a 2.6.28 kernel using the SlackBuild script from the 13.37 distribution, run 'mkinitrd', edit /etc/lilo.conf, and run '/sbin/lilo' before rebooting. Heck, I might even try the 3.x kernel. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
