ipw freezes

[Dan Pelleg]

Frank Altpeter <frank.altpeter at gmail.com> writes:

> 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...
>

"me too". On 5.4, thinkpad X31. I've seen it happen when firing up cvsup,
too. FWIW I'm using 108-bit WEP.

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  Dan Pelleg