Kernel Panic

[Christopher Brown]

On 11/08/07, Chris Schumann <chris at idlelion.net> wrote:
> I'm testing F8T1 on a ThinkPad 600X. It unsurprisingly didn't recognize
> my Atheros-based 802.11g card, so I thought I'd try a LinkSys 16-bit
> 802.11b card (WPC11 v1, IIRC) that has worked in older versions of
> Fedora Core.
>
> I got a kernel panic while booting, so I removed the card and rebooted.
> I waited until it was looking for new hardware, inserted the card, and
> the machine locked up with the blinking keyboard indicators.
>
> Is there a trick to using a 16-bit WiFi card in a CardBus machine? Is it
> just this card? Is this a new bug?

Taking things back a few steps, have you tried using the proprietary
atheros driver for the original card? Kernel modules are available
from various third-party repositories...

Regards
Chris

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