[Leaplist] Latest Ubuntu version 8.10

[Jason Boxman]

Derek Konigsberg wrote:
> Well, looks like the discussion thread on my laptop got updated:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6194853
> 
> Apparently its a "known bug at release time" with the wireless chipset 
> driver.  So I'll try the suggested fix tonight, and hope it goes well.

Nice.  I have a broadcom on my Dell laptop.  A recent Ubuntu kernel 
update wanted to use a new broadcom kernel driver instead of 
ndiswrapper.  Big mistake.  Laptop hung within an hour.  Switched back 
to ndiswrapper and all is well again.

These kernel WiFi drivers love to lockup, hard.



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