On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:41:17 +0100, Luca Capello wrote:
> > # cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
> > [..]
> > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
> > ATTR{address}=="00:12:cf:8f:08:56", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*",
> > NAME="eth0"
> I do not know if we need to blame the kernel, the ar6000 driver or udev
> for not picking a "better" name. I was under the impression that any
> WiFi interface should have the wlan* name, but I stopped being surprised
> by the various ath*, ra* and so on.Same here :) > > But I could produce an oops later by combining manual "ifconfig eth0 > > down", activating wicd-client, and turning wifi on/off with o-p-p. > > (Don't ask me how exactly ...) > I know, I am sometime a bit boring, but I think the command order would > be a good start to understand what cause the oops. Of course you're right (and not boring) but I was just too tired after several oopses and reboots with ripping out the battery etc. I will try again. > BTW, I have never asked it before, but does the oops happen with plain > (i.e. not encrypted) WiFi networks as well? I never actively connected to any network (neither encrypted nor otherwise), the oops happens earlier (and after it both ifconfig and iwconfig just hang). Hm. But maybe I find something ... > > Purging and re-installing wicd (to get a clean config) and unsetting > > the wired interface in wicd + manually down/upping usb0 leads to a > > working system - if I then disable wifi in o-p-p I get the oops > > again. > So it seems to me that the problem relies in the ar6000 module only, > but I am not an expert, sorry. Yeah, probably ... > I will prepare a new Debian kernel package based on a more recent Git > snapshot (not sure if it will already 2.6.29), maybe the FSO-MS5 kernel > is missing some patches. That would be great, maybe it helps. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Home: http://info.comodo.priv.at/{,blog/} / GPG Key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT, SPI Inc., fellow of FSFE | http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone
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