Viktor Ilijašić wrote: > Hi all. > > Yesterday evening I tried John's patch (I manually added those two > lines to the source), and the driver properly loads and it seem to > work. > > However.... it would seem that my card died some time in the last few > days. It works for about 10-15 seconds after i plug it in, and then > "dies". I'd say that when it gets warm, it's out of the game. > > In Linux after i plug it in, it works just enough time to: > 1. detect networks in ubuntu network manager (and return a nice scan > result with iwlist wlan3 scan) > 2. starts to connect to my network (and reaches random points in connecting) > 3. stops responding altogether, cannot connect, no more results with > iwlist scan, etc. > > I noticed this exact behavior in windows too, yesterday morning, > before I tried these patches, so linux driver is DEFINITELY not to > blame. > > In windows it very shortly detects available networks, starts to > connect and very soon stops responding and finding networks. > > I'll return it to shop to be replaced, and I'll report back when I get > one that works properly. > > Also, Larry, I took lsusb -v output during those first few moments > while the card operates properly, hope it helps: That output confirms that it is an 8187, not an 8187b. I also had a Realtek device fail, but after replacement, all has been well. Thanks for testing. Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
