[NTLUG:Discuss] [OT] Hardware questions

[Chris Cox]

Lance Simmons wrote:
> * Paul Ingendorf <pauldy at wantek.net> [050210 20:31]:
> 
>>What kind of nic do each of you have if onboard.
> 
> 
> The board is intel, and the e100 module identifies the nic as an
> "Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Connection".

There's always the eepro100 modules instead of e100.
I know earlier version of Cisco's VPN client for linux would
not work with the e100 and they told you to use the eepro100
modules instead.

> 
> 
>>If I remember correctly the flashing led is a sign of kernel panic.
> 
> 
> I didn't look for any led lights; I only saw the ones on my keyboard.
> And the kernel usually threw up an error message just before it crashed.
> The error message varied, but often it was something like "can't stop
> the idle process".
> 

I'd definitely make sure that you aren't using acpi (acpi=off) and
if you are running SUSE.. make sure you eliminate the evil desktop
option from the boot line as well.