On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 17:05 -0500, Ron Siven wrote: > On Wednesday 27 June 2007 3:59:20 pm Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 10:34 -0500, dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > After fighting with For 9 months I am exhausted. I had to get the sound > > > > card to be recognized, to get the machine to shutoff when I shut it > > > > down, etc it has finally almost defeated me. It has worked for 6 months > > > > or more but suddenly during a yum update last week the network slowed > > > > down to a crawl. I did not update anything for awhile but now to use > > > > the web browser to load the web page of the local lan's router takes > > > > maybe 5 minutes if it loads at all. > > > > > > > > I can ping the router with out problem but yum actions just slow to a > > > > halt, going to an external web page is impossible. > > > > > > > > The resolv.conf has not changed, neither has the hosts file. Right now > > > > I am stumped any other suggestions out there. > > > > > > > > Since I am heavy into F7 I am the point of thinking of giving the > > > > machine to Goodwill. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > -- > > > > Aaron Konstam > > > > > > Aaron, > > > > > > I may be having a similar experience shutting down FC6 on a Thinkpad. My > > > workaround has been to stop my 3com wireless card (Atheros) and nfs > > > service before doing an init 0. Why? I haven't a clue. > > > can you access. > > > I'm hoping F7 doesn't have this problem. > > > > > > --Doc Savage > > > Fairview Heights, IL > > > > Thw halting is no longer a problem but the fact that no application can > > communicate to and from the machine at a tolerable rate is a problem. If > > you can't load the web page of the router the machine is wired directly > > to what can you access and it is getting worse. > > > > Perhaps you just need to replace your NIC? I had a similar problem when my > USB 2.0 adapter went out on me. Actually, it has happened twice now that I > think of it. The machine would run fine, but upon reboot it would not > reliably restart. I'd have to try it several times. Finally, I just pulled > the card, and now all is well again. > > -- Ron I am beginning to agree with you. But since I have three machines in this room (at home) running Linux and this one is 7 years old I htink instaed of buying a new card I will recycle it through GoodWill. -- Aaron Konstam tel: (210) 656-0355 akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
