On Monday 27 July 2009, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 20:35 +0100, Chris Clayton wrote: > > On Monday 27 July 2009, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > But I think you may be getting something when the freeze happen. But > > > to see it, you need to be on a text console. There are other ways to > > > capture the kernel messages, which are described in the file > > > Documentation/oops-tracing.txt in the Linux sources. > > > > I've taken some photos of the screen from the insertion of the card > > through to ejecting it, and uploaded them to imageshack: They can be > > viewed at: > > > > http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8741/xdscn0647.jpg > > http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1954/xdscn0648.jpg > > http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/807/xdscn0649.jpg > > http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9625/xdscn0650.jpg > > http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2717/xdscn0651.jpg > > http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6103/xdscn0652.jpg > > http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5844/xdscn0653.jpg > > > > Between them they should show all the output to the console, although > > some do overlap a little. > > > > I hope they are helpful in tracking down this problem. > > Do you remove the card? It's like the card is disconnected at some > point, either physically or logically. Yes, I remove the card once the laptop has frozen, because doing so "thaws" it again. The laptop is then usable until 2-5 minutes after I insert the card again, when it will freeze again. I can repeat this cycle over and over. > > It looks like a problem specific to the hardware, not anything in the > common wireless code. I suggest that you post your question to > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx That's the mailing list for rt61pci and > other Ralink devices. I think I'll just configure MAC80211 power saving off or use the ath5k card that I also own. Thanks anyway. Chris -- No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn - Doctor Samuel Johnson -- 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
