[ltp] hangs with laptop-mode and madwifi

[James Ryan]

I haven't been able to use madwifi since upgrading to 2.6.10....I keep getting kernel panics every time I associate with an AP.  I've been trying the latest CVS on a weekly basis.
;-(
-m

On Mar 24, 2005 at 7:09 PM, Brad Langhorst wrote:
>On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 15:02 -0800, Justin Mason wrote:
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>> Hey all --
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>> Just wondering -- I've received a couple of mails from people running
>> into what they think is this bug:
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>>     https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6108
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>> (quick summary: "/usr/sbin/laptop-mode" + madwifi + ath0 up + running from
>> battery + short period of inactivity followed by activity = sudden hang
>> with the "drive active" light lit.)
>> 
>> Is anyone else seeing this problem?  Ubuntu and (as far as I know) Debian
>> use laptop-mode to spin down the disks when on battery; Ubuntu is planning
>> to use it by default for laptops in their next release.
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>i don't see this on my system t40 madwifi, ubuntu hoary ath0up on
>battery. changing usage pattern
>
>but i use xfs so laptop mode may not be as effective for me...
>
>brad
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