On 04/29/2012 01:28 PM, imnotpc wrote:
On 04/29/2012 11:05 AM, Frank Griffin wrote:
On 04/27/2012 02:28 PM, imnotpc wrote:
lsmod | grep atl didn't get any hits and lsmod | grep b43 gives this:
Unless it uses a different name I don't think my laptop uses the
atl1c driver. I don't think it's a bug in the b43 firmware since
that works fine once it's installed. I would guess it's a hardware
probe of some sort that locks up when it encounters the wireless NIC
without firmware.
Sounds right. In that case, file a bug against the b43 driver for
your chipset.
Bug report is here for anyone interested:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5682
My thanks to Frank and the others who offered help. It's this kind of
community support that puts Mageia ahead of the other distros and the
reason I'm migrating all my systems to Mageia (even the temperamental
laptops).
Jeff
For the record, the timing issue that disrupted the safe mode boot was
resolved with updated packages, most likely drakx-net. I've been told
that the main problem has been resolved in the upstream 3.3.5 kernel
which will be our release kernel.
Jeff
