Re: [Scottish] Weird Problem ( Network)

[ray]

Hi Phil,

caveats:  I don't use Mandriva and you have not described the hardware much.

I think that you have arrived at a kernel that works with the ACPI functions 
of your motherboard and can handle turning stuff on and off properly.  I do 
not know if Mandriva comes with tools to modify this. I suggest a Google on 
something like Mandriva ACPI shutdown control

What happens if you switch off the electricity (i.e. at the wall) or press the 
reset button during the reboot?

I think that you should try to fix MS Windows rather than crippling Linux. You 
may need to get drivers for your motherboard and/or update the MS o.s. If you 
are feeling particularly brave, you could always suggest to your wife that it 
is her system that does not work properly and she should either fix it 
herself or move up to the big people's playground; and anyway the internet is 
not a safe place to go to with MS - a bit like taking a push-bike on the M8.

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Re: [Scottish] Weird Problem ( Network)

[Subhi S Hashwa]

Friday, July 22, 2005, 10:30:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I am running the 64 bit club version of Mandriva 2005 LE, and when the machine
 turns off or reboots, it is shutting down the eth1 connection, totally, so as
 the light on the router goes off, and when it boots back up again then it
 opens it back up and relights. This didn't happen prior to this version.

 It means when the wife goes into windows the eth1 access has been 
 disconnected, and she cant get on the internet.

 does anyone of any easy solution to solve this? Or what would be causing it?

It sounds like a hardware or driver issue. First I'd check the
firmware on the motherboard+any controllers is the latest version,
then check the device drivers make sure they're the latest (you may
have to compile custom kernel for that).

Do the usual things, make sure the machine isn't running too hot, the
memory is ok (use www.memtest86.com)

Good luck.

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