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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 package

  1. Bug #37773
  2. Comment #75

Comment 75 for bug 37773

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Ramin Nakisa (ramin-nakisa) wrote : Re: [Bug 37773] Re: [madwifi] Semi-random system lockups in Dapper

On Sunday 25 March 2007 20:58, Soren Hansen wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 08:48:20PM -0000, Ramin Nakisa wrote:
> > This is still broken in 2.6.17. I get random lockups in Edgy. I've got
> > an atheros card, so lspci -n gives 168c:0013. When I boot I get an
> > error:
>
> I'm afraid you're experiencing a different issue. This lockup is fixed
> in madwifi-ng which is the default in Edgy. The bug is still open in
> Dapper, though.
>
> > My laptop is almost unusable. It works for a while then randomly
> > hangs. Perhaps you can fix this before we get Feisty? This has been
> > dragging on for so long without a fix.
>
> Could you please test if it's fixed in Feisty?

Hi Soren,

How do I upgrade to Feisty before the official release? I don't suppose it
could be more unstable than my current Ubuntu install!

This sounds very similar to the previous problem (X40, exactly the same
network card) so how do you know it's a different issue?

Thanks,

Ramin.