initscripts and 815 chipset machines

[Jim - 815 PIII]

Klaasjan Brand wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 13:50, Jim - 815 PIII wrote:
> 
>>There are a series of problems with my Severn installation on an 815 
>>chipset computer. I was wondering which of the problems others might be 
>>experiencing also.
>>
>>1. Network cable unplugged on startup script. Running dhclient from 
>>command line will get dhcp address.
>>
>>2. Logging into the console will fail for several attempts to login. 
>>Eventually, the login will be accepted.
>>
>>3. using passwd to change passwords comes back with repeated prompts 
>>that the passwords don't match. It does however change the password to 
>>the new password selected.
>>
>>4. Gnome locks up on initializing screen. (empty box with no process ICONs.)
>>
>>5. Mozilla locks up with entering passwords for mail accounts or with 
>>http logins, like rhn network.
>>
>>I filed three bug reports for these problems. One was re-assigned to 
>>initscripts. I think this is probably closer to the problem.
> 
> 
> Looks more like you have hardware problems. I'm running RH9 on a i815
> system without all those problems. I'd look more into memory or cooling
> problems:
> - use memtest -> www.memtest86.com to check if your memory isn't broken
> (had that problem once with another i815 system which acted erratic).
> - check if your processor cooler still runs and use to bios hardware
> menu to check if your processor temperature doesn't exceed the limit for
> your system. (my p3 runs at about 40 degrees celsius).
> - check with dmesg for output from the disk driver (could be some disk
> is dying)
> - maybe your power supply is flaky...
> 

It was my ethernet card that I have used since RHL 5.2. The card caused 
all of these problems. Refer to the bug trail at the below link.

It stumped me that one little driver could topple a whole empire.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104793

Jim