Warning! Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex bug that damages hardware!

[kalpik]

From the Ubuntu mailing list:

Reports have been coming in that the e1000e ethernet driver for Intel GigE
chipsets, as included upstream in Linux 2.6.27, may under certain conditions
irreparably damage your ethernet hardware by corrupting the on-board
firmware.

While we expect alphas to include a fair number of bugs, and rely on your
continued support and testing to help resolve these bugs for Ubuntu
releases, bugs that damage hardware are quite another matter. As a result
of this bug we must recommend that users do *not* use Intrepid alphas,
including the LiveCDs, on machines with Intel GigE ethernet.

Efforts to safeguard the hardware of affected users are ongoing, though
initially this will consist of a workaround in the form of disabling the
e1000e driver. Alpha 6 CD images will not be re-issued for this fix, so
affected users are advised to either use daily CD images once a resolution
is in place, or to wait for the release of the 8.10 beta, due to be released
on October 2.

Further discussion of this issue can be found on the ubuntu-devel mailing
list at
<https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ub...er/026559.html>,
and progress on resolving this issue can be tracked at
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555>.

[gary4gar]

Yeah...read that on Devel-annouce in morning.
The workaround should be there before the Final Rls

[Faun]

and i wonder what saves me from for updating not so early and eagerly

[NucleusKore]

That's why they say alpha is for testers ONLY. I never bother, I do not have money to buy new hardware every six months.

[Dark Star]

Huh! Ubuntu bug Ubuntu theme ! Man get over yourself.. Its not an ubuntu or a particular distro bug .. This bug is present in all Linux 2.6.27.x preview releases ! thats why Mandriva and Fedora delayed their upcomng release

[chandru.in]

After all the world is moving towards Ubuntu == Linux, both for good and bad.