[NTLUG:Discuss] Networking problem (was Invisible cursor)

[Douglas Scott]

On Sunday 15 October 2006 12:02 am, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> tophatjames at yahoo.com wrote:
> > Update the BIOS, then update FC5 to the latest.  The BIOS will let this
> > particular board start to work, but until you also update the O/S, it is
> > still flaky.
> >

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> Thinking about this further, you're having more hardware problems than
> normal.  It may be time to take that motherboard back to the dealer and
> say "I want one more compatible with Linux".  I had a miserable
> experience with a VIA-based board and finally bought an Elite Group
> (ECS) board at the recommendation from those on this list and have had
> good success with it.  I have two ASUS boards running Linux but both are
> SIS-based.  SIS is not a high-end chipset but I haven't had any trouble
> with it (the ECS board is SIS-based because of previous experience).
>
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Actually I flashed the BIOS a little while ago, and that seems to have fixed 
the network problem.  I didn't even have to update the driver.  So I am 
downloading the patches right now.  Hopefully I just turned a corner on this 
machine.

Doug