On Friday 21 January 2011 05:50:00 Bob Williams wrote:
On Wednesday 19 Jan 2011 23:23:58 sc wrote:
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since the install his downloads have been as slow as glaciers move, and all video streaming is herky-jerky as the video struggles to keep up with the program -- he cannot watch youtube or hulu, two of his favorite things, the pauses are so frequent and aggravating
i have looked at every network settings screen i can find and have been unable to re-find that "fast connection, fast computer" setting so i can dial it back and see if that fixes the issue
i am hoping it won't be necessary to re-install suse in order to get to that setting again, as i've already added restricted formats and the nvidia driver (both of which took over an hour with his crippled connection)
Crippled connection? Could that be the answer?
most likely, yes -- we are in this boat because his modem and harddrive got damaged from a power spike -- they are both replaced now and leading us to wonder if something else got hit, like maybe the nic card the phone company sent a guy to his house who ran tests, hooked his notebook up to the same modem, and it worked fine, so we know it's either the hardware or the OS -- my fear being if we let him spend the $$ for a windows license and install that he'll still have a crippled connection i just wish i could prove it isn't the OS without replacing it to do so sc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org