[ATrpms-users] Hard freeze when starting ipw3945 wireless after upgrade to ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6-1.2.18-19.fc6

[Dan Krejsa]

Hi,

I'm running 

Linux clifford 2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 #1 SMP Tue Jun 19 19:27:14 EDT 2007
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

using the ipw3945 and ieee80211 packages from ATrpms.  I did the
following update (yum.log) this moring, & powered down.

Jul 28 09:54:46 Updated: bind-libs.i386 31:9.3.4-7.P1.fc6
Jul 28 09:54:47 Updated: hpijs.i386 1:1.7.4a-2.fc6
Jul 28 09:54:48 Updated: libsensors3.i386 2.10.4-50.fc6
Jul 28 09:54:48 Updated: libsane-hpaio.i386 1.7.4a-2.fc6
Jul 28 09:54:51 Updated: bind.i386 31:9.3.4-7.P1.fc6
Jul 28 09:55:00 Updated: spamassassin.i386 3.2.2-42.fc6
Jul 28 09:55:02 Updated: system-config-printer-libs.i386 0.7.63.2-2.fc6
Jul 28 09:55:04 Updated: caching-nameserver.i386 31:9.3.4-7.P1.fc6
Jul 28 09:55:08 Updated: ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6.i686
1.2.18-19.fc6
Jul 28 09:55:15 Updated: ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6xen.i686
1.2.18-19.fc6
Jul 28 09:55:21 Updated: bind-utils.i386 31:9.3.4-7.P1.fc6
Jul 28 09:55:37 Updated: hplip.i386 1.7.4a-2.fc6
Jul 28 09:55:38 Updated: system-config-printer.i386 0.7.63.2-2.fc6
Jul 28 09:55:40 Updated: lm_sensors.i386 2.10.4-50.fc6

This evening when I booted the laptop and tried to start Wireless
networking on the ipw3945 interface, my laptop freezes hard and
requires reboot.  I'm guessing something in the

  ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6-1.2.18-19.fc6

update isn't playing nice.  Fortunately my ethernet connection
still works.

I just reverted to the

  ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6-1.2.16-18.fc6.i686.rpm

version of the package and that seems to work for me.

Has anyone else using this package seen a similar problem?

Thanks,
- Dan