[driverloader] Any fix for the hang when using newest SuSE 9.1kernel patches?

Marc Boucher marc at linuxant.com
Thu Jul 15 01:19:20 EDT 2004


Keith,

Please try 
http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader-1.74beta04071500-1.i386.rpm and 
let us know the results.

Thanks
Marc

--
Marc Boucher
Linuxant inc.

On Jul 13, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Linuxant Support (Jonathan) wrote:

> Hi Keith,
>
> the new version of DriverLoader (1.73) does not fix the problem with 
> the
> 2200BG chipset under newer SuSE kernels. We will contact you back when 
> a fix
> for this problem will be available.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
>
>
> Le 13 Juillet 2004 09:51, KBB0927 at cs.com a écrit :
>> Hi Marc,
>>
>> I have tried the latest 1.73 driverloader. Initially I thought it 
>> would
>> work, but when I tried to use Yast to update my laptop, it began to 
>> hang
>> again and continues to hang the system within a minute of autologin to
>> desktop. I have not tried the 1.73_k2.6.5-7.95-default-1suse kernel 
>> as I
>> have had trouble with all of the pre-compiled suse-specific drivers 
>> in the
>> past. I dunno if we can remote test this as the system will likely 
>> hang
>> if you test the driver with a wired connection (eth0)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> Marc Boucher <marc at linuxant.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Keith,
>>>
>>> we're working on this, and also a fix for the WPA issue affecting the
>>> 2200BG..
>>>
>>> I'll keep you posted.
>>>
>>> Marc
>>>
>>> --
>>> Marc Boucher
>>> Linuxant inc.
>>>
>>> On Jul 12, 2004, at 1:38 PM, KBB0927 at cs.com wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am using centrino 2200BG under SuSE9.1. It has worked wonderfully
>>>> with
>>>> the driverloader driver up to 1.71 version and when SuSE went with
>>>> patching the kernel (2.6.5-7.95 latest) and now 1.72 generic or
>>>> specific
>>>> driverloader installs just fine, but hangs miserably within 1 
>>>> minute or
>>>> so. I have not been able to send dumpdiag.txt because it hangs so
>>>> quickly.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to unpatch the kernel, but am not very familiar with this 
>>>> and
>>>> the kernel on the DVD is too old (2.6.3)
>>>>
>>>> Any fix yet?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Keith
>>>>
>>>>
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