[SC.LUG] Mandriva and network lock-ups

[Tom Mitchell]

John,
Give Xandros a try. I have had no problems with it on all our machines 
although it is 32 bit. The kids like it. It has a good network setup and 
works well with wireless sytems. Xandros even has a trial of crossover to 
run windows programs.

When I first installed Linux on my SIS 741 Asrock board some years ago I did 
need a bios update but Asrock came through with that by return email.

After trying a range of distro's Xandros is the only system on my 64bit 
Athlon. The forum is good too. Distro choice is personal opinion though.
Tom Mitchell

>From: "Cockroft, John" <John.Cockroft at GB.Unisys.com>
>Reply-To: South Cheshire GNU/Linux Users <sc at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>To: <sc at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>Subject: [SC.LUG] Mandriva and network lock-ups
>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:50:13 -0000
>
>I have been using Linux on and off for years and my PCs have been
>dual-boot for years but I have recently got so cheesed off with Windows
>and Microsoft's attitude to consumers that I have decided enough is
>enough and want to ditch Windows completely (except possibly on my
>daughter's PC as dual boot due to the short sighted dependence that
>schools now have on Microsoft software).  I might play with Cednega and
>Crossover-Office on here to try and ditch Windows on this PC as well.
>
>My favourite distros are:
>
>* Fedora Core (my MythTV box runs FC4 - but I find the UI not friendly
>enough for non-techies like my missus)
>
>* Mandriva/Mandrake (used to use this until 10.0 came out)
>
>* SuSE (nicest desktop - IMHO)
>
>* Ubuntu (good basic desktop but hardware detection is not a patch on
>FC, SuSE or Mandriva and I haven't managed to get it working on my
>Athlon 64 system yet)
>
>* SimplyMEPIS (excellent detection, but non-standard kernel is a pain
>and UI admin tools a joke)
>
>I would like to have a single distro across all my machines but
>unfortunately I didn't do my homework well when picking my latest
>motherboard (http://www.asrock.com/product/939S56-M.htm ) and the SiS
>chipset is not well supported by many distros.
>
>SuSE (latest beta) detects everything but the networking doesn't work
>(despite messing with ifup scripts etc).  I really do like the look and
>feel of SuSE but don't want the pain of recompiling kernels every time.
>
>http://coyotesg.blogspot.com/2005/11/linux-tips-compiling-installing-lin
>ux_12.html
>
>Mandriva detects everything and works (hooray!) but has a really
>annoying problem that seems to occur on every machine I have put it on
>(so it isn't directly related to that particular Ethernet adaptor).
>(Before I go on the firewall is disabled by the way).
>
>If I ping anything (and this applies to any machine I have run Mandriva
>on) I get "No buffer space available".  This also happens after a while
>(in any case).  If I leave the PC for a while then the LAN seems to
>reactivate but is inconsistent and usually fails at some point.  No
>other distribution seems to do this (which is a shame as otherwise I
>quite like Mandriva).
>
>Anyone any ideas (on fixing LAN access on Mandriva) or whether it's
>worth waiting for the final release of Open SuSE 10.0?
>
>John Cockroft.
>
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