What other drivers would you recommend ? Amitaha On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:36:16 +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak <kyrre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As taken from the Kismet README: > > Q: My distro loads the orinoco drivers for my prism2 card, is this OK? > A: No, not really. The orinoco and prism chipsets are based off the > same reference design, but there are subtle differences, especially in > the firmware timings. Using the orinoco drivers may work for a while, > but you're likely going to have problems with lost frames, corrupt > frames, and system hangs. Plus, if you ever have problems and mention > you're using the orinoco drivers, I'll yell at you. > > Think you should get another driver :) > > ons, 27.10.2004 kl. 22.42 skrev Dan Williams: > > We've seen machine freezing with kernels since -524 related to IPv6 > > code. #rh135432#. You actually get panics on the console, but if > > you're in X of course then you can't switch to the console to see the > > panic. This might be related to your problem, and we've usually seen it > > after picking an ESSID with "other network". > > > > The other problem is that the orinoco drivers don't support scanning, > > unless you're using upstream drivers. So you're already hosed there, NM > > attempts to compensate by scanning your approved list, but there's only > > so much it can do with orinoco cards. > > > > Dan > > > > On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 16:18 -0400, Amitabha Roy wrote: > > > Latest rawhide update gives hal and NetworkManager version numbers: > > > NetworkManager-0.3.1-1 > > > NetworkManager-gnome-0.3.1-1 > > > hal-0.4.0-9 > > > > > > First run: made sure NetworkManager started on startup. Opened up gnome console > > > and started NetworkManagerInfo. Applet came up in notification area. Chose > > > "Other Wireless Network" and typed in essid of wireless network (it is > > > non-essid-broadcasting network). This *completely* froze the machine > > > and had to do a hard reboot. > > > > > > Before freezing, console message was "Forcing device > > > /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1" > > > > > > > > > Second run: made sure NetworkManager was running. With utmost trepidation, > > > opened up gnome console and typed in NetworkManagerInfo. Machine did not freeze > > > this time, typed in ESSID of network as before. Voila! System-log > > > shows connected. > > > But also shows network connecting and disconnecting every second or so. > > > Log attached below: > > > Oct 27 16:06:15 localhost kernel: eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002) > > > Oct 27 16:06:15 localhost kernel: eth1: New link status: Connected (0001) > > > Oct 27 16:06:22 localhost kernel: eth1: New link status: AP Changed (0003) > > > Oct 27 16:06:25 localhost kernel: eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002) > > > Oct 27 16:06:25 localhost kernel: eth1: New link status: Connected (0001) > > > Oct 27 16:06:28 localhost kernel: eth1: New link status: AP Changed (0003) > > > > > > As a result, network access is sporadic at best. > > > > > > > > > output of /var/lib/pcmcia/stab is: > > > > > > Socket 0: Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter > > > 0 network orinoco_cs 0 eth1 > > > Socket 1: empty > > > > > > Anyone else seen this ? > > > > > > Gone back to stopping NM and using ifup, iwconfig etc (and logging out of X > > > once hostname is set due to xauth *sigh*). > > > > > > Amitabha > > > > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list >