Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262048AbVBEPCh (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:02:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261755AbVBEPCh (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:02:37 -0500 Received: from animx.eu.org ([216.98.75.249]:36272 "EHLO animx.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263398AbVBEPCa (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:02:30 -0500 Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:11:15 -0500 From: Wakko Warner To: Willy Tarreau Cc: jerome lacoste , lkml Subject: Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it? Message-ID: <20050205151115.GA3013@animx.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Willy Tarreau , jerome lacoste , lkml References: <5a2cf1f605020401037aa610b9@mail.gmail.com> <20050204121817.GA7721@animx.eu.org> <20050205122709.GD1850@alpha.home.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050205122709.GD1850@alpha.home.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1421 Lines: 29 Please keep me CCd Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 07:18:17AM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: > > I have this exact same laptop. It works perfectly for me with linux. > > Originally started with a 2.4 kernel and recently went to 2.6.10. The modem > > works well, the video card works well even with 3D accel. I replaced the > > original 30gb hdd with a 40gb (for space reasons). The only complaint about > > this thing I have is the fact they used an nvidia video chip. I have seen > > more than 4 months uptime on it (I used to use it as a desktop) > > I think it does not like being moved. A friend of mine had his one repaired > several times because of either hard disk failures, backlight failure and > the machine refusing to boot at all. I've never seen such unreliable hardware! Mine didn't have that problem. At the time it was the fastest machine I had. I got away from it though with my nice xeon box =) I have never heard of a machine that if you move it it'd quit working. That's bad. I have heard of a machine quit working because someone looked at it the wrong way. -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/