Conor Daly wrote:
> dmesg says:
>> e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
> e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
> e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
> e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
>> multiple times. Hmm, could that be relevant?
>>> # cat /etc/modprobe.conf
> alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
> alias eth1 e1000
> alias eth2 e100
>> Dunno what the e100 driver is doing there...
>> Conor
Hi Conor,
In gNewSense it was reported that dapper ran worse than gNewSense.
We sourced the issue to the presence of some intel driver which
conflicted with free drivers for the e1000 so I guess that might be the
cause of your issues.
That is the basis of my eariler guess.
Regards,
Paul
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