Comments on: Serious e1000e Driver Issue in SLE 11 Beta 1 and openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:40:53 +0000

I just know that not every IT guys know the meaning of “BETA” version. But I hope SUSE reduce critical bug in their s/w, specially any bugs that can fire their beta tester users. If no, then no one won’t to be beta tester!

By: anon

anon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:38:02 +0000

i strongly doubt you even use opensuse. But hey, enjoy your lawsuit, it will cost you a forutune to find out that you take full responsibility any damages that occur to you beta testing.

By: superpppl

superpppl — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:03:53 +0000

Furthermore, GPL’ed software comes with NO warranty, and no one but you is responsible for your own hardware/problems. Novell will only help you if (a) you are a paying customer or (b) out of the grace of their heart.
It’s a part of the license, read it next time, just like how you’re supposed to.

By: theo

theo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:42:31 +0000

so … what’s the prognosis … i was considering testing around a little in 11.1beta1 ….but not if it fries my hardware … did opensuse release any plan of action? … theo

By: Aric

Aric — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:20:28 +0000

It’s a BETA. You are taking full responsibility by using it.

By: Christopher Estep

Christopher Estep — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:04:40 +0000

This bug does not affect VirtualBox (either OSE or non-OSE) or openSuSE 11.0 (which uses an earlier kernel). The issue applies to any distribution with kernels 2.6.27-3 and 2.6.27.4 (and variations thereof), and is not unique to SuSE (Fedora 10 alpha and Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 6 are both known to be affected also). Also, Intel CSA gigabit Ethernet (copper only) built into several enthusiast and workstation motherboards with Intel 845PE, 865PE, and 875P AGPsets (especially the 875P AGPset) are not affected (despite using the 82557EI copper gigabit chipset, the CSA uses the original e1000 driver, not e1000e.

By: diced_apple

diced_apple — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:19:46 +0000

I am pretty sure like all software (MS, Redhat, Apple) that in the License it will state they cannot be held responcilble for any damage caused by the use of their software.

By: Beineri

Beineri — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:38:28 +0000

There is a difference between broken and slow …

By: Steve Wilson

Steve Wilson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:37:06 +0000

Does this affect OpenSUSE 11.0? We converted our ‘LTSP Server’ from 10.3 (which was very stable) to 11.0 and we now find LDAP/LTSP clients terminals are VERY, VERY slow, as are OpenSUSE 11.0 workstations. The Server has e1000e and others have e1000.

By: Kumaran

Kumaran — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:30:20 +0000

Brandon Johnson is right. I’ve seen mandriva users having this issue as well