Gutsy unstable

[Kenneth P. Turvey]

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:23:49 -0500, Preston Kutzner wrote:

> ipw3945 is the driver for your Intel/PRO wireless card.  Apparently, the
> slowness is a known issue for this card, as evidenced here:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipw3945/+bug/103210
> 
> I'm not sure there's much you can do about it at the moment (and in fact
> someone mentioned that the problem still exists in Hardy) other than use
> a different wireless card.  I assume this one is built-in to your
> computer, and therefore not much of an option. :(
> 
> Unfortunately, Intel doesn't make their hardware specs available to OSS
> developers, so support either has to be reverse engineered, or a wrapper
> for the windows drivers has to be used.
> 
> I'd say keep an eye on that bug for any updates to the problem.


I looked at the bug report, and although this might be related, this 
doesn't sound like the same problem I'm having.  It isn't just a slow 
connection using my wireless card (which I've never noticed), but 
problems with the stability of the entire system.  This is actually the 
first time I've ever noticed that this driver was an issue.  Normally the 
problem is with starting or stopping any running process.  I can't start 
processes and when I kill them they become zombie processes.  

The problem may be caused by the driver mentioned, but if so, it is 
strange that nobody mentions it in the bug report.  

-- 
Kenneth P. Turvey <kt-usenet at squeakydolphin.com>