The above R40 has an old mini pci card (wlan) inside - I have another R40
without that card but the only differens is that it takes a bit longer to crash
when you have the mini pci card inside.
Keep up the good work.
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The card, DWL-G650 makes my machines crash under 8.10 and 8.04.
Kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
In a newly installed and fully updated Thinkpad R40 and in a T30 it freezes and
the caps lock pulses.
The card works fine in that other OS from Seattle.
...after the freeze there is a reboot and then a flash