ipw freezes

[Frank Altpeter]

2005/7/20, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org>:
> On 15 Jul 2005 at 6:29, Dan Langille wrote:
> 
> > On 12 Jul 2005 at 8:05, Dan Langille wrote:
> >
> > > My ThinkPad T41 is experiences total system freezes using -current.
> > > I usually invoke this wonderful state when running putty under X and
> > > then do a 'cvs di'.
> > >
> > > I haven't tried testing this just from the console, but plan to.
> >
> > I've tested this problem from the console.  The laptop froze during a
> > cvs di.  That's eliminated X and/or putty as the cause.
> 
> The problem can also occur when browsing the web.  It's not just a
> text problem.

I also experience this problem with my ThinkPad t40 sometimes. I can
reproduce the freeze when starting ipw, connecting to the net via WLAN
and then start mldonkey. It seems to be a problem with the network
stack, but i'm too unexperienced in this matter to find out more, but
it always happens when doing "too much" network traffic.
And: this notebook is running 5.4-RELEASE-p5 currently, so it doesn't
seem to be a -CURRENT matter...


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