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I have run into this nasty problem several times now over the last two weeks.
I am using a wireless connection (802.11b) at my job and running MDK 9.1 on
my laptop. Something goes wrong with the connection and I try to reset it
nicely through software but cannot (try to re-connect). The only option I
then have is to reset the card and start over but...
If I just pull the card (an Orinoco Gold using the orinoco_cs driver) my
system locks up tight. No keyboard input possible and, since the card is
pulled and the connection was borked anyway, there's no way to get it
remotely. That's the hard way. I also have tried doing this nice by doing
an "ifdown eth0" and then killing pcmcia ("/etc/init.d/pcmcia stop") and THEN
pulling the card but as soon as I stop pcmcia, same result, hard,
irretrievable system lockup. My only option at this point is to hard reboot.
Does anyone have any idea about what the problem is here with linux and
wireless such that simply trying to remove the card, one way or another,
nicely or not, it totally wrecks the system? Anyone else run into this?
My laptop is an IBM Thinkpad 1412 with celery 366.
praedor
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"What influence in fact have Christian ecclesiastical establishments had on
civil society? In no instance have they been seen as the guardians of the
liberties of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty have
found in the clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to
secure and perpetuate liberty, does not need the clergy."
- --James Madison
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