On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Barkle <barkle@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a pci-card with a RTL8185 chip. > [01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE > 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)] > > Base on a Debian Lenny with > kernel 2.6.30-rc5 > wpasupplicant v0.6.9 > wireless_tools 30 > > I can change some parameter on the card with iwconfig, for example the > channel, but every time I try to get the card to work, the kernel freeze. > > Now I´m not sure, if this mailinglist is the right one, because it may be a > problem of the hardware, the kernel or some userland tools. > > If you need any additional information, please ask me an I try to answer > asap. Yes, this is the right list - a few things: 1) dmesg should show a few line of info, including a line like this: wlan0: hwaddr XX:XX:XX:XX;XX:XX <chip_name> + <rf_type> we need at least that line, and anything else that's relevant in dmesg. 2) what do you mean by 'kernel freeze'? e.g. if you do it without X, do you get a pile of cryptic messages before lock up (if that's the case)? If there is, try to take a picture of it with a digital camera; if you computer is still operational, please cut-and-paste that to the reply. Also, describe what exactly did you try to do, step by step. 3) have you tried compat-wireless? compat-wireless is ahead of 2.6.30-rcX and occasionally have fixes to bugs which creeps into the rc's... -- 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
