2004-06-04 11:45:21

by Harald Dunkel

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Subject: 2.6.6 & prism54: Computer gets stuck pretty often

Hi folks,

I am not sure how to reproduce this reliably, but using
the prism54 device my i386 machine gets stuck pretty often
(about 3 times a day). The mouse freezes, I cannot switch
to another vt, but Alt-SysRq-b works.

If I use an old 3c59x PCI card to connect to the net, then
there is no such problem.

Kernel is 2.6.6 (without any patches).

Is there any way I could help to find a fix?


Regards

Harri


2004-06-05 20:57:36

by Denis Vlasenko

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Subject: Re: 2.6.6 & prism54: Computer gets stuck pretty often

On Friday 04 June 2004 14:45, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I am not sure how to reproduce this reliably, but using
> the prism54 device my i386 machine gets stuck pretty often
> (about 3 times a day). The mouse freezes, I cannot switch
> to another vt, but Alt-SysRq-b works.

Driver for prism54 is pretty young. Please visit prism54.org
and fill in a bug report. Consider reading already existing bug
reports too.

> If I use an old 3c59x PCI card to connect to the net, then
> there is no such problem.
--
vda

2004-06-06 09:18:47

by Harald Dunkel

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Subject: Re: 2.6.6 & prism54: Computer gets stuck pretty often

Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> On Friday 04 June 2004 14:45, Harald Dunkel wrote:
>
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>I am not sure how to reproduce this reliably, but using
>>the prism54 device my i386 machine gets stuck pretty often
>>(about 3 times a day). The mouse freezes, I cannot switch
>>to another vt, but Alt-SysRq-b works.
>
>
> Driver for prism54 is pretty young. Please visit prism54.org
> and fill in a bug report. Consider reading already existing bug
> reports too.
>

It seems that there was a problem with the firmware. I
grabbed a new version from the manufacturer's ZIP file,
and the problem is gone.


Thanx anyway


Harri