Beige G3; Kernel 2.4.6; SUCESS (dropped network connection)

2001-07-01 Thread Ricardo Pardini
Hi, here to tell you about the lastest kernel (benh´s tree via rsync) I installed on my Beige G3: 1) Aparently fixed the problems with the BMAC Ethernet (see "dropped network connection" thread). It´s already up for 33 minutes (laughable, but 2.2.19 kept up for 5 minutes max). 2)

Re: dropped network connection

2001-07-01 Thread Ricardo Pardini
x86 PCI 8139´s, and 3C50x´s... -- Ricardo - Original Message - From: "Ian Marlier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 12:44 AM Subject: dropped network connection > I just finished installing Debian on a Mac PowerPC G3 (beige, 266 MhZ > processor, 12

Re: dropped network connection

2001-07-01 Thread Tracey Sebold
This is a hardware problem with the built-in ethernet (I had the same problem with a beige G3 233MHz running LinuxPPC about a year ago). Here is what Apple has to say: A 10/100 MB auto-sensing hub polls the interface to determine the speed. In the process of the hub attempting to determine the in

dropped network connection

2001-06-30 Thread Ian Marlier
I just finished installing Debian on a Mac PowerPC G3 (beige, 266 MhZ processor, 128 MB RAM right now, ethernet etc...). It's on a University network, and has a statiic IP address and a full-time connection. The kernel I built from the 2.2.9 source...I probably need to build a new one from th