[ltp] Lockups with T520
Robert Tomsick
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 24 May 2011 10:28:39 -0400
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 21:57 +0200, Ole Langbehn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 23.05.2011 21:46, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > I did not have a lockup so far, but I did not yet try to use the WLAN
> > stuff.
>
> before people assume that intel wireless is not working in linux at the
> moment by finding this thread archived via a search, let me make it
> clear that I don't believe that wireless is the problem here. A lot of
> people seem to be happily using their wireless on t/w520 out there
> according to google.
>
> Nonetheless the hints from rob might be useful for some people, even for me.
Yeah, sorry if I gave that impression. If you have the Centrino 1000
card and have lockups, then you might want to try the experimental
firmware as that solved the hard lock issue on my machine.
If you have another card, then don't assume it's the wireless. :D
-Rob