Hi again, Steve Karg wrote:
> Hi Jonathan, >> Do you get the timeouts with a 3.x kernel from sid or experimental? >> If so, please report this to the net...@vger.kernel.org list, >> attaching dmesg output from bootup and cc-ing Steffen Klassert >> <klass...@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de> in case he has driver-specific >> insights plus this bug log so we can track it. > > I will try that when I get some free time. I starred this in my gmail inbox. > :-) I'm just curious: did you get a chance to try 3.x.y from sid? [...] > I think the Linux 2.4 kernels worked, but it would have been many > years ago that I used it, and I don't really recall. I originally used > a PCMCIA wireless adapter on this laptop when it was running Debian > and KDE long ago. I pulled it out of my stash when my NSLU2 crashed > and I really missed having a keyboard and screen. I wiped the old > KDE+2.4 kernel, and did a fresh Debian install. I tried to use the > wireless, but it was too slow for home file serving. I had the 3com > PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet adapter lying around and decided to use it. > That is when I started having problems with the 2.6 kernel and the > adapter. Ah, ok. (I remember trying to use a 3com Etherlink III (?) PCMCIA card years ago and not being able to get it to work at all. I think the card didn't support autonegotiation and at the time I didn't know how to configure it. Luckily your card is a little better than that one.) Thanks for working to improve hardware support in Debian. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120316231803.GA32292@burratino
