Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.0 and oldconfig

[Dale]

Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sunday 24 July 2011 19:13:27 Dale wrote:
>
>
>> I'm not sure it is the nic tho.  It downloads just fine when emerge is
>> fetching files.  I'm not saying it isn't tho.  I really don't know what
>> it is.  I'm also keeping in mind that the nic is built onto my mobo.  I
>> have never had good luck with a built in nic.  On my old rig, it never
>> worked right.  That's why it has cards in it too.
>>
> I had a nasty experience with a network device a few months ago. It wasn't a
> NIC this time but a WAP, which when it went faulty managed to wipe out half
> of the USB disk to which I was backing up the machine the WAP was connected
> to. Much repeated backing-up of several boxes was required to re-establish
> the status quo.
>
> Just goes to show that hardware failures can do some weird things.
>
> (Pick the bones out of that, Volker. Preferably without gratuitous
> offensiveness.)
>
>

My old rig gave me some weird errors too.  I can't recall what they were 
tho.  I'm sure it is on the forums somewhere around mid to late 2003 or 
2004 if I recall.  I don't think I had that old rig to long when it went 
to acting all funny and such.

Yep, hardware can be weird.  I don't think mine is memory or anything 
but I'm only 99% sure.  I'm leaving myself 1% to crawl out if needed.  
lol   I can't say it isn't anything right now since I don't know what it 
is.  That's the thing about puters, you can't rule out anything unless 
you can replace it and the problem goes away.  Unfortunately I can't do 
that with CPU, ram and mobo or even the video card.  Then again, I do 
have two ATI video cards.  I'm to chicken to try them tho.  I have no 
idea how to get a ATI card working.

I'm going to check into this nic tho.  I used to have a couple extras 
around here somewhere.

Dale

:-)  :-)