[NTLUG:Discuss] [not-OT] Hardware questions (was [OT] Hardware questions)

[Lance Simmons]

* Rev. wRy <slot0k at pogox.org> [050210 19:51]:
> 
> I'm seeing the same thing with FC3 with a caveat:

I've been using Debian testing and Debian unstable, and a few different
2.4 and 2.6 kernels for each.

> No DHCP.

I misspoke earlier.  I usually tried DHCP, and the kernel crashed every
time, but I also did a static network configuration, and that crashed
too, as soon as I plugged in the cable.

> If the cable is disconnected everything comes up roses.  

Yep.

> I know the hardware is good, but it's really weird to watch the box
> hang on boot at initialization of eth0.

How do you know the hardware is good?  I know my hardware _was_ good
before today, but I only run Linux kernels, so how can I tell if it's
_still_ good?

Yet the fact that you're having a similar problems suggests it's a Linux
problem after all, so my initial post wasn't off topic! :)

So then what's causing this problem?

-- 
Lance Simmons