EXE files don't open on Ubuntu; where to upgrade BIOS?

[grmcdorman]

Michelle, sorry for not looking earlier in this thread; grmcdorman, great screenshots!

Thanks. Those are from a virtual machine running VMware at work; VMware has a "capture screen" option that makes it easy. VMware is really useful, isn't it?

This could also be an IRQ problem; that the network card and the hard-disk controller share the same interrupt. From the manual, the computer has a P-3 processor, Sis 630 ST chipset and SDRAM memory - so it still uses the old-style 16 interrupts. When BIOS settings are not right, they might get the same IRQ assigned

Ah, the joys of IRQ conflicts.

Since this is a laptop, it will actually probably^* have two network interfaces: a wireless one and an Ethernet (wired) one. Presumably they wouldn't be sharing the same IRQ. She should be able to switch between them by plugging in or removing the Ethernet cable, if available; that would narrow down the problem.

Mind you, she's said in the other thread she's reverting to Windows. We'll see what happens there.

* Since it's an old laptop, it may not have come with wireless, unlike all current offerings.

 

[ddt]

Thanks. Those are from a virtual machine running VMware at work; VMware has a "capture screen" option that makes it easy. VMware is really useful, isn't it?

Yes. I'm using Xen at home .

Ah, the joys of IRQ conflicts.

Since this is a laptop, it will actually probably^* have two network interfaces: a wireless one and an Ethernet (wired) one. Presumably they wouldn't be sharing the same IRQ. She should be able to switch between them by plugging in or removing the Ethernet cable, if available; that would narrow down the problem.

I was more thinking of an IRQ conflict between disk controller and NIC. I vaguely remember something about IRQ sharing for PCI slots, and BIOS options for manually assigning IRQ's or let the BIOS decide.

Another thing she could try is to revert the BIOS to its default settings, and see what happens then.

Mind you, she's said in the other thread she's reverting to Windows. We'll see what happens there.

Yes we'll see. Windows doesn't have very accessible log messages at all, though.

* Since it's an old laptop, it may not have come with wireless, unlike all current offerings.

I think probably not. The HW configuration reminds me of my Sony VAIO from 2001, and that one didn't have wireless either. At most it'll have a PCMCIA slot in which she put a wireless card.