On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 01:44:51PM -0400, Len Sorensen wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64 > Version: 2.6.32-9 > Severity: important > Tags: squeeze
outdated (newer in sid). > The intel 5100 wireless on my thinkpad SL500 no longer works properly. > It works perfectly with 2.6.31, and it worked with at least 2.6.32-rc3 > as well. Now however, it will connect, work for a few seconds (it seems > to depend on the quantity of data passed through). After a few seconds > of heavy traffic (like reloading a page in iceweasel), the wireless link > simply stops passing any traffic. This if course makes the 2.6.32 kernel > rather useless on this laptop. I have no idea if other laptops with the > same wireless chipset are affected, or if it is specific to this one > (given the lack of bug reports, I am inclined to believe it might be > specific to this machine type). > > Any suggestion on how to track down what broke it so I can move on to > a current kernel on my laptop? > > If I force a reconnect on the wireless, then I get another few seconds > of working traffic before it dies again. > > I am using 5GHz 802.11n by the way, just in case the reason no one else > is seeing the bug is that everyone else runs 2.4GHz. I suppose I should > test that by connecting to 2.4GHz instead to test that theory. > > It works with 2.6.31 though, so clearly this can be fixed again. please try out linux-image-2.6.32-4-amd64 from sid, should be fixed there. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
