[PLUG] atmel usb wireless + openSuSE 10.2 = machine hangs

[David Fleck]

This is a new one for me... I've had a Linksys Wireless USB working in a 
machine (running either knoppix, SuSE 6, or SuSE 9) for 5 years.  A few 
weeks ago, the drive died, and with the new drive I figured it was time to 
put a new version of SuSE on the machine.

Long story short, when I load up the wireless module (something which is 
much more troublesome now than it used to be, for some reason) the machine 
locks up solid within 2 minutes.  I've booted the machine into 'safe' 
mode, and put it in runlevel 3 (network, no GUI) to reduce the number of 
variables. Machine will run all day, until I load the ap76_usb.ko module 
and fire up the network (which works, briefly) -- then it hangs within a 
few minutes.  

I'm strongly considering the kernel module, or the firmware, as the 
culprit here.  Any ideas about further troubleshooting or (even better!) 
fixing the problem?

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David Fleck
david.fleck at mchsi.com