Internet woes redux

[Dazed_75]

Actually, Joseph has a much better handle here.  I hot buttoned on the aol
because of history I have had with people recovering from aol addiction and
learning how hard it was to clean up their systems to make em work
normally.  I should have done a better read of your email and not given the
response I did (even if it is valid, it is not related to your probelms with
various distros).   I apologize to the group  :)

On 7/15/07, Joseph Sinclair <plug-discussion at stcaz.net> wrote:
>
> If that's your idea of a Volkswagen computer, I'm slightly scared to see
> what a Ferrari would be 8}
>
> My system runs straight SATA hard drives on an Athlon64 and hasn't had a
> system-related problem since I built it.
>
> From your description, I'd guess 3 divergent problems are present:
> A) You can only install one distro, and only in 32-bit mode
>         1) There may not be any Free drivers for your ASUS SLI motherboard
> (look at places like LinuxCompatible.org)
>         2) There may not be any Free drivers for your Pioneer SATA DVD
> drive (have you tried with a different, perhaps IDE, DVD drive)
>         3) The Motherboard might not like the memory (or vice-versa), try
> adjusting timing parameters in BIOS or running a BIOS memcheck
>         4) Your motherboard may have a "Trusted Computing Module" enabled
> (these things always screw up the whole system in weird ways, Windows has
> "special" bits to make it work "correctly")  See if you have an option to
> disable this "feature" if it's present (it will be a jumper setting, if the
> option exists at all).
> B) You have trouble connecting to some, but not other, Internet sites
>         1) Qwest, or AOL, or some other intermediary is providing bad DNS
> and/or blocking ports
>         2) You have bad data in local preferences (are you using a new
> homedir?  Have you tried creating a fresh new user account to test
> Internet?)
>         3) There is some sort of malware between you and your favorite
> sites (check routers, etc...)
>         4) Your router and/or ADSL modem is broken or in a borked state,
> try resetting both to factory default (warning, resetting these may require
> a call to Qwest service to re-provision the modem)
> C) Not mentioned as a problem, but you cannot easily transfer files
> between Linux and XP
>         1) Create, on the XP drive, a small FAT32 partition (2-5G should
> be adequate) by using gparted to shrink the XP partition
>         2) Mount the FAT32 partition in Linux (add to /etc/fstab so it's
> always mounted) as something like /media/XPTransfers
>
> Hope that helps.
> ==Joseph++
>
> Robert N. Eaton wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > After having tried to upgrade my previous box unsuccessfully, I cobbled
> > up a new one:
> >
> >     Athlon 64 X2 5600+
> >     ASUS M2N322 SLI Deluxe MB
> >     2GB Corsair xms2dhx memory
> >     PNY NVIDIA GeForce8500w video card
> >     160 GB hd for WinXP
> >     300GB hd for Linux
> >     Pioneer SATA DVR-212D dvd/cd writer/
> >     Ultra XBlaster atx mid tower case/Ultra 700W Power Supply
> >
> > OK, so I can't afford a Ferrari.  I'm neither an over-clocker nor a
> > gamer.  This combo runs cool and quiet, and seems solid. It's also
> > pretty quick.
> >
> > The only distro I've been able to load successfully is 32bit
> > fedora Core 6. Both Kubuntus choked and went into kernel panic, refusing
> > to install. Xandros declined the honor. Fedora 7 seemed to install
> > correctly but hosed the MBR and I could neither access WinXP nor Fedora
> 7.
> >
> > I'm still have the problem of Linux being unfriendly with the internet
> > and not recognizing my email provider. Firefox connects readily enough
> > with userfriendly.org, one of my favorite sites. But it won't connect to
> > the links  in UF's LOTD (Link Of The Day.) It times out trying to
> > connect to Google and Bankofamerica.com. Thunderbird and Email
> > steadfastly refuses to recognize my account at aol.com. (This is why I'm
> > writing to you under WinXP. Please don't ask for long printouts from
> > various features in Fedora. I haven't yet found a way to trf files from
> > Linux to WinXP.  (The other way round I can manage .))
> >
> > Is it that Linux doesn't play well with SATA ? (Not SATA RAID, just SATA
> > hdds and DVD-ROM's.) Is it that Linux doesn't play well with Qwest ADSL?
> > That doesn't seem to be it, for it worked perfectly before my old box
> > started to flake out. Is it the combination of SATA _and_ ADSL?
> >
> > I'm getting discouraged.  I _like_ Linux-in-general. I _don't_ like what
> > it's doing (or failing to do) right now.
> >
> > Bob Eaton
>
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