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From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: Eric Fernandez <zeb@zebulon.org.uk>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Ralink RT2501/RT2573 USB Wireless Adapter crashes kernel 2.6.37
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 15:10:41 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110202201040.GC2500@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=bfq+2jev3YGCi0GwfZTkeKa9t2gfuQ8DkbB9p@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 07:57:15PM +0000, Eric Fernandez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This follows the issue I reported two days ago. I have had two crashes
> tonight using kernel 2.6.37-5 on Archlinux 64. Unfortunately, this
> leads to no log in the kernel log whatsoever. The machine freezes
> completely, if sound is played it loops. I cannot confirm if I can ssh
> to the box (have only one computer), however, this is linked to the
> usage of my wireless adapter, since switching to wired ethernet does
> not lead to this issue.
> One thing: when I reboot (hard reset), I need to unplug my adapter so
> that it works after login. Otherwise, it seems to associate fine with
> the router, but strangely I cannot download anything. Using gkrellm, I
> can see that it sends some packets to the router at regular interval,
> but does not download. I don't know if this is significant and if this
> can help identify the issue.
> 
> I would be very keen to help, but without log messages I am stuck. Any
> suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Eric

Can you use netconsole over the wired link to capture a backtrace
when the lock-up occurs?

John
-- 
John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linville@tuxdriver.com			might be all we have.  Be ready.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-03 13:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-02 19:57 Ralink RT2501/RT2573 USB Wireless Adapter crashes kernel 2.6.37 Eric Fernandez
2011-02-02 20:10 ` John W. Linville [this message]
2011-02-03 14:41   ` Eric Fernandez
2011-02-02 21:40 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2011-02-02 22:54   ` Eric Fernandez
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-02-01  9:26 Eric Fernandez
2011-02-01 11:47 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2011-02-01 12:29   ` Eric Fernandez
2011-02-01 20:31   ` Eric Fernandez
2011-02-01 21:09     ` Johannes Stezenbach

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