On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 23:12 +0100, dev.loop@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Dunno anything about Thinkpads, but what I got from doing some > searching, there seems to be a bit of an issue with IBM Thinkpads and > especially their 3c556b NIC. > > Here is a long thread (starting with FC2T1 up until FC3 final - last > comment is dated 2 days ago) about not getting the NIC to work on a > IBM Thinkpad A21P which also has the 3c556b. > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=131293 > The also tried setting "acpi=off" in /etc/boot/grub.conf but to no avail. > > You also might want to check out: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116095 > as a "solution" seems to be to stick with FC1. (Not really a solution) Older ThinkPads seem to be problematic, at least mine is - filed BZ 131293 above; however, am running FC2 at least. What kernel are you running? May want to check out comment #3 in: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=128711 Using "acpi=off" on the grub kernel line, and having it actually work, is the key. This gives me some hope of doing an FC3 install/upgrade, but haven't wanted to mess with it as my main machine is off for a MB replacement (by the kind people at Monarch Computers, even though it was at month 35 of a 36 month warranty - but I digress :-) and I'm leary of trying it when the ThinkPad is currently my only viable machine at work. Phil
