System freezes when configuring wireless.

Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#1
With both ceni, and wicd the system freezes during the scan for networks.
Here is the system with the problems.

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Eino@antiX1:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.6.11-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.2) 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13-beta3_386-full Luddite 28 April 2013
Machine:   System: IBM product: 818311U
           Mobo: IBM model: IBM Bios: IBM version: 2AKT51AUS date: 07/06/2005
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 4788.39 clocked at 2394.195 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 driver: intel Resolution: 1024x768@85.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: 1c00 18c0 bus-ID: 00:1f.5 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.25
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller driver: e100 ver: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: 2400 bus-ID: 03:08.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller driver: rtl8180 port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:0a.0
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 37.5GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: IC35L060AVV207 size: 37.5GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 33G used: 2.7G (9%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 80 Uptime: 15 min Memory: 197.9/1000.2MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.37) inxi: 1.8.47
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,959
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
Does this use the latest ceni in the repo? And is it fully dist-upgraded for Wheezy?
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#3
I did an update using the smxi script after the install, with the Wheezy repo.
I'm going to check, the md5sum on the install disk, if it fails. I'm going to burn a new one, then try again.
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#4
I test the software, and hardware everything checks out fine. But i still have the same issue.
So I tried a different Linux distro to see if the same thing happens. It worked fine with this distro.
Ubuntu 9.04 Kernel 2.6.28-11

I'm going to try the same thing with a distro with a more up to date kernel.
Posts: 1,062
Dave
Joined: 20 Jan 2010
#5
You may already doing this check, however in the case you are not.
Compare the module or driver used with the antiX version that freezes and one where the system does not freeze.
I know inxi displays this, I forget the command to display this without inxi. I have become so dependant on inxi __{{emoticon}}__ .

Anyway if there is a differance, you could try modprobe -r bad_module and then modprobe good_module on the system that is locking up.
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#6
Seems to be an issue with Debian I just tried it with Debian 7.0.0-i386 and I get the same results.
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#7
I have found the issue it was the wireless card itself.
It no longer works regardless of what OS I have tried.