On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Buchan Milne wrote: > > You should be able to get the machine down more softly using the > "magic" sysrq keys, ie > ALT-SYSRQ-e,ALT-SYSRQ-i,ALT-SYSRQ-s,ALT-SYSRQ-u,ALT-SYSRQ-o
Thanks. I will try that. > > > I have filed a bug, but now I have been able to get some messages > > out my logs from this event: > > > > Aug 25 22:09:12 acerlap kernel: orinoco_lock() called with > hw_unavailable (dev=ca794800) > > Aug 25 22:09:12 acerlap /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister > > event > not supported > > Aug 25 22:09:23 acerlap kernel: unregister_netdevice: waiting for > > eth1 > to become free. Usage count = 2 > > Have you tried just restarting pcmcia, it might trigger the same > issues. > Yes, I have tried just restarting. Same result and messages. > > > > The last line is repeated until I pull the plug. > > > > I use pcmcia for a wireless card (which comes up and works fine). > > I have tried with two different cards, but both uses the orinioco > > driver and the result is the same. > > > > Does anyone have any where I could start to look for clues? > > Well, AFAIK, it's not limited to wireless cards (it happened on my > laptop with a PCMCIA 100MB NIC), it didn't happen in 2.4.21-6mdk > (which I am running currently after doing an install of beta2). I only have PCMCIA wireless cards, so I am not able to try anything else, but I do not think it has to do with the card. I think it's pcmcia_cs and/or the kernel. It does not happen when I run my old 2.4.21-25 kernel. > > Regards, > Buchan > -- //Christian Registered Linux User #228949 at: http://counter.li.org/ -- What if it all means something? --
