Re: attempting to configure wireless card tl-wn353g hangs computer

2011-12-15 Thread Brian
On Thu 15 Dec 2011 at 06:57:55 -0800, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > Yes, it only hangs when there is a stanza referring to it in the /e/n/i. Commenting out 'auto wlan0' in /e/n/i means the interfaces file will not be used during booting. You should end up with a responsive machine. What happens

Re: attempting to configure wireless card tl-wn353g hangs computer

2011-12-15 Thread keitho
Hi Brian- Yes, it only hangs when there is a stanza referring to it in the /e/n/i. I don't see anything in dmesg or /var/log/syslog from wpa_suplicant. Thanks, Keith > An optimistic search might lead you to the pessimistic view that this > card and Debian do not get on together, so it might be

Re: attempting to configure wireless card tl-wn353g hangs computer

2011-12-15 Thread keitho
Hi Wayne- Funny I had not thought of this. After googling for an hour I had not even seen anyone else mention firmware regarding this particular card. However, looking at the firmware-realtek package, it does not refer to my card's chipset- neither rtl8180 nor rtl8185 nor rtl8225 (my card is the

Re: attempting to configure wireless card tl-wn353g hangs computer

2011-12-14 Thread Brian
On Wed 14 Dec 2011 at 12:27:43 -0800, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > I have an old Dell server onto which I have just loaded debian for dual > boot with windows xp. No gui- all console. The wireless PCI nic card is a > TP-Link TL-WN353G (NOT the wn353gd). Works fine with xp. Uses the realtek > dr

Re: attempting to configure wireless card tl-wn353g hangs computer

2011-12-14 Thread Wayne Topa
On 12/14/2011 03:27 PM, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: I have an old Dell server onto which I have just loaded debian for dual boot with windows xp. No gui- all console. The wireless PCI nic card is a TP-Link TL-WN353G (NOT the wn353gd). Works fine with xp. Uses the realtek driver included in the

attempting to configure wireless card tl-wn353g hangs computer

2011-12-14 Thread keitho
I have an old Dell server onto which I have just loaded debian for dual boot with windows xp. No gui- all console. The wireless PCI nic card is a TP-Link TL-WN353G (NOT the wn353gd). Works fine with xp. Uses the realtek driver included in the tree for recent debian releases and seems to be recogniz