Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 May 1997 14:00:45 +0200 | From | (Dick Streefland) | Subject | Re: 2.0.30 lock-up with pcmcia-eth interface. |
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smurphy@stardust.bln.sub.org (Joerg Mertin) wrote: | OKi. Here to my problem. | | I recently upgrade the pcmcia-package toe 2.9.1 and the kernel to | 2.0.30. First i thought, it was a bug in the pcmcia-package, but after | downgrading it to 2.9.0 again, it showed up exactly the same | beheaviour. Total Lock. Nothing to do, not over ethernet, serial line, | parallel line or the keyboard. However the kernel wasn't halted. It | continued working, since mostly I started a ping to a remote computer | and I got the error message, even if I couldn't do a thing: | | eth0 network cable problem ? (Well, very similar ;) ). | | But, the Lock came at ethernet card initalisation, since as soon as a | packet weent out, I got the first ping response, and then it locked.
I just want to add that I got exactly the same problem on my Compaq 430CX laptop. The computer locks up on the first network traffic. After downgrading to kernel version 2.0.29 the problem disappeared. BTW: I'm also using pcmcia-cs-2.9.0.
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