On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Maxim Wexler <maxim.wex...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi group, > > Emergency here. After my eee pc boots I log in and enter '#ifconfig > wlan0 up' as usual to take advantage of the free wifi at the coffee > shop. Then, just before I enter the next command, the kernel panics > and the console freezes. The top line of hexidecimal barf reads: > > ath5k_tasklet_rx40x1fd/0539[ath5k] > > and ends with: > > Kernel panic -- not syncing: fatal exception in interrupt > > I'm wracking my brains trying to figure out what I did or neglected to > do prior to this but am drawing a blank. > > Running 2.6.29-r5. Never had this problem before. '$cat > /proc/acpi/net/wireless' indicates that wlan0 is configured. > > Anybody have any ideas? > > Maxim
Maybe you can try to use newer drivers; if you don't want to update the entire kernel you can build just the latest wireless drivers from: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download/stable/
