On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:06:25 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:20:00 +0000 (UTC) > [email protected] wrote: > >> Try by powering off the computer and leave it so for a while. Then >> engage it and wait for a miracle... if no miracle comes to you I would >> go for a bug report :-) >> > > > Yes, the linuxquestions.org post was indeed made by me about the same > laptop.
Ouch! I guessed it... > Anyway, it does seem that turning off the laptop and leaving it > for a while is the only thing that's worked so far. I did this and it > is now working again. Wow! Have you tried with a BIOS update? Embedded network devices are very "sensible" to ACPI (power saving) and it could be indeed a bug and now that I think... are you hibernanting or suspending the computer? > For the record (and in case it can provide clues as to why I'm getting > this fickle performance from the laptop), I'm attaching a text file > with the results of various commands (iwconfig and dmesg). Thanks for confirming that your solution still worked for you O:-) > Thanks for the feedback. I may simply need to get a different laptop. > However, hopefully the laptop will work more consistently in the future > (though it seems to burn out and require at least a day's rest before it > works properly in setting up the network devices again). (...) I would try to load a new kernel, a LiveCD or whatever has the latest packages (kernel and network adapater drivers) and see if you still can reproduce the error. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
