Knute Johnson wrote: > The new 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 kernel will lock up the computer if I plug in > my Linksys USB wireless device. The device is a WUSB54GC and worked > flawlessly with the previous kernel. There are no messages that I > can find, the computer will not respond to the mouse, although you > can move it around, when the device is plugged in. This is about the > weirdest thing I've seen. F8 i386 on a Pentium D. Which driver are you using? I had this experience with the orinoco_usb driver. Compiling the latest version and re-installing the firmware stopped the crashes in my case. It is interesting that this is the only thing that has actually crashed a Linux system in my experience for at least 5 years. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
