[Bug 7215] PCMCIA network card causes either X or kernel to freeze

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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7215





------- Comment #8 from ericabel at mit.edu  2007-07-09 08:26 -------
Subject: Re:  PCMCIA network card causes either X or kernel to
        freeze

Quoting bugme-daemon at bugzilla.kernel.org:

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> ------- Comment #7 from protasnb at gmail.com  2007-07-04 19:55 -------
> Eric,
> As I understand, your laptop freezes, and after reboot you don't see anything
> logged in /var/log/messages, /var/lof/Xorg.log, and without X in text 
> mode your
> keyboard and mouse and the whole system work fine?

Basically, I have not been able to reproduce the problem without 
booting X.  The
system has not yet frozen in console mode.  I have since reverted back 
to 2.6.8,
and have not upgraded kernels since, due to this issue.  One work around would
be to use the pcmcia-cs packages with a later kernel, but for now the 
system is
working fine with the 2.6.8 configuration.

However, on very rare occasions, when I am utilizing excessive bandwidth on my
wireless network card even in 2.6.8 I have experienced the same sort of system
freeze-up, which I only mention because this is evidence that the problem has
nothing to do with the pcmcia driver compiled into the later kernel versions,
but something more fundamental at the hardware level?

Anyway, I'm still not sure if X is the problem or not.  I will try the 
dmesg -n
7 and reproduce the system freeze and see if the log catches anything.

Thanks for the response,

Eric

> You also mentioned that you cant go back to the 2.6.8 because of system
> shutdowns - can you explain more on this.
> For more information, please run "dmesg -n 7" to increase verbosity of system
> messages and after next freeze/reboot collect the log files and attach to the
> bugzilla. You can also increase verbosity of Xorg: do man on Xorg and 
> see about
> logverbose and verbose parameters.
> Thanks.
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