On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 09:32:36PM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote: > On 10/21/07, Firas Kraiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nicolas Letellier wrote: > > > Firas Kraiem a icrit : > > >> > > >> Salut ;) > > >> > > >> I have the very same problem on my laptop (running 4.2) and I've > > >> discovered that the freezings stop if I'm not using the built-in NIC > > >> (Realtek Gigabit 8169) but use an USB wifi adapter instead. If you also > > >> have a Realtek, maybe it could be due to a bug in the re driver ? > > >> > > >> Firas > > >> > > > Are you sure about what you are saying ? > > > I have already a laptop with this NIC and I have this problem; > > > > > > It means that there is a bug with gigabit realtek 8169 ? > > > > > > Nicolas > > > > > > > > > > That's what I saw on mine, anyway. Try to boot it without using using > > the NIC (i.e. delete /etc/hostname.re0) and see if the freezes stop. > > > > Firas > > > > I see the re(4) hanging my machine problem too. >
There are at least three open bug reports related to re hanging when used at gigabit speeds. You might try forcing it to 100baseTX. -- Mark
