[Bug 37773] Re: [madwifi] Semi-random system lockups in Dapper

2006-07-13 Thread Michel Lesoinne
I have been experiencing the same problem. I have an Apple MacBook Pro 17" and installed dapper on it. I also noticed it was network related and perhaps triggered by wpa_supplicant/knetworkmanager combo. This led me to find this thread. Unlike others, my lspci gives me slightly different numbers

[Bug 37773] Re: [madwifi] Semi-random system lockups in Dapper

2006-07-17 Thread Michel Lesoinne
Soren, I do not understand the changes you did when I installed a new version of madwifi, it removed all the new_ath_* drivers and instead installed the ath_* in their place. So why did you modify NetworkManager and wpa_supplicant? I took the subversion madwifi and it did not work, as it woul

[Bug 37773] Re: [madwifi] Semi-random system lockups in Dapper

2006-07-17 Thread Michel Lesoinne
I downloaded and installed madwifi-ng-r1686-20060715 it created ath_* so do I need the patch or not? At least now, not using NetworkManager and no wpa, the connection does not die like it did before. -- [madwifi] Semi-random system lockups in Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/37773 -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 37773] Re: [madwifi] Semi-random system lockups in Dapper

2006-07-17 Thread Michel Lesoinne
Still as soon as NetworkManager starts it gets the wifi in a weird state and never connects. I have to kill NetworkManager, unload the modules and reload them to be able to connect manually. Soren, do you have a package of what you did that I can install? -- [madwifi] Semi-random system lockups i

[Bug 37773] Re: [madwifi] Semi-random system lockups in Dapper

2006-07-19 Thread Michel Lesoinne
Soren, Thanks it now works. But it is subject to an annoying behavior that others have observed. NetworkManager continuously disconnect and reconnects. Apparently the way to get it fixed is stop NetworkManager from continuously scanning... How does one do that? -- [madwifi] Semi-random system