freeze on Dell Inspiron 700m

[Stephen Lau]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 01:55:38PM -0800, Stephen Lau wrote:
> > Right. However, we don't need to check the link if the interface is not
> > up; the attached patch implements this.
> > 
> > I've built RPMs for FC3 with this patch here:
> > 
> >  http://people.redhat.com/davidz/linkup/
> > 
> > Stephen, please see if they fix this bug for you.
> 
> It fixes it in the sense that haldaemon will now startup properly.
> When I mess around with NetworkManager (the extension that lets me
> choose wireless networks to connect to), it still does some funky
> dance with eth0 that causes the machine to lock up.
> :(

Well the best fix I've found so far is switching from the 'b44' OSS
driver to the 'bcm4400' Broadcomm driver... that seems to fix this
issue.

-steve

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stephen lau | steve at grommit.com | www.whacked.net | gpg 0x09E5CD21
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