[driverloader] WPC54g Crashing Upon Driver Load

[Rob Thomas]

I disabled CONFIG_PREEMPT and recompiled my kernel and driverloader modules, and
now my WPC54g works great!  Thank you for the suggestion!

-Rob Thomas

Quoting "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>:

> Hi,
>
> please make sure that your Linux kernel was compiled without the
> following options enabled :
>
> ---
> CONFIG_4KSTACKS
> CONFIG_PREEMPT
> ---
>
> If any of these options are enabled, please disable them, re-compile the
> kernel and re-compile the DriverLoader module with the 'dldrconfig -k'
> command in a root shell.
>
> If it still doesn't work, please try with different versions of the
> Windows XP driver. Finally, you could send a 'dumpdiag' at
> support at linuxant.com. To generate this dump, please type the following
> in a root shell:
>
> ---
> dldrconfig --dumpdiag
> ---
>
> If the previous command crashes your machine, please try this one instead:
>
> ---
> dldrconfig --dumpdiag --noprobe
> ---
>
> Just send us the generated file located in /tmp
> ('driverloaderdiag.txt'). It'll help us solve the problem.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
>
>
> Rob Thomas wrote:
> > I'm currently trying out Driverloader with a WPC11, and it's working
> great...
> > Someone gave me a WPC54g v1.2, but I when I upload the new driver and
> restart
> > driverloader, my box (debian sarge, linux 2.6.11) locks up until I eject
> the
> > card.
> >
> > I've tried these drivers:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/wpc54g_driver_utility_v1.3.zip
> >
> > http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R76521na.EXE
> >
> > Both have the same result.
> >
> > Is this a known problem? From reading mailing list and forum archives it
> seems
> > that this card works fairly well for most people using Driverloader...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Rob Thomas
> > _______________________________________________
> > driverloader mailing list
> > driverloader at lists.linuxant.com
> > https://www.linuxant.com/mailman/listinfo/driverloader
>