Re: 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 kernel dies with wireless?

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>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 crashes with the rt73 driver that came with F8.  I also  tried a 
isl3887 USB adapter and that works fine as does the bw43 driver on my 
other computer that is very similar in OS configuration.

Thanks,


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Knute Johnson
Molon Labe...



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