[driverloader] System lockups with driver loader and Fujitsu S6000 Lifebook...

[Steve Wampler]

I've got a Fujitsu Lifebook with an Intel Centrino chipset.
The onbaord wireless is an Intel 2100B - the same (AFAIKT)
as the supported Acer notebook.

I've installed driverloader 1.20 sources and built and
installed driverloader (I run a slightly custom version
of the 2.4.20-20.9 kernel on top of RedHat 9).

Things start out fine - I can see our access points and
using redhat-config-network connect to the network.
However, there are two problems:

(1) After using the network for a few minutes, the system
    locks up hard - I cannot do anything except force a
    power cycle to recover.

(2) If, instead of using the network, I use redhat-config-network
    to deactivate the link, the networking hangs.  While everything
    else still works, any attempt to do anything with the network
    hangs.  For example, a simple 'ifconfig -a' hangs - as does
    system shutdown - hanging at the point where networking is
    being shutoff.  (Result is a forced power cycle).

Has anyone seen this? I've used both the WinXP driver that comes
with the laptop and the one provided for Acer on the compatibility
web page.  I've also tried with and without IO-APIC enabled in the
kernel.

A belkin PCMCIA wireless card works fine, incidently, but I'm
hoping to find a way to use the on-board chipset.

Thanks for any help!
-Steve
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