Using GN-WPKG wireless card with an RT2500 chip in NdisWrapper against a Linksys 802.11 b/g router, I got my internet connection configure.

But I am having some strange trouble.

First, intermittently, the IRQ10 shuts down, and takes the network with it.

Here is what I am seeing in the log:

Jan 18 21:36:32 1952BlackVincent postfix[4429]: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 127.0.0.1
Jan 18 21:40:00 1952BlackVincent kernel: thinkpad: unsupported module, tainting kernel.
Jan 18 21:57:37 1952BlackVincent dhcpcd[5024]: dhcpConfig: ioctl SIOCADDRT: File exists
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: irq 10: nobody cared!
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c010868c>] __report_bad_irq+0x1c/0x70
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c010875b>] note_interrupt+0x5b/0x80
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c010894c>] do_IRQ+0xdc/0x120
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c0106cd8>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<f960fd17>] NdisMSynchronizeWithInterrupt+0x37/0x50 [ndiswrapper]
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<f960faaa>] ndis_irq_bh+0x2a/0x40 [ndiswrapper]
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c01297ea>] worker_thread+0x16a/0x210
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<f960fa80>] ndis_irq_bh+0x0/0x40 [ndiswrapper]
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c0119be0>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x10
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c0119be0>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x10
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c0129680>] worker_thread+0x0/0x210
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c012cddc>] kthread+0x7c/0xb0
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c012cd60>] kthread+0x0/0xb0
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<c0104255>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: handlers:
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<f960fac0>] (ndis_irq_th+0x0/0xa0 [ndiswrapper])
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: [<f9776740>] (snd_intel8x0_interrupt+0x0/0x220 [snd_intel8x0])
Jan 18 23:24:57 1952BlackVincent kernel: Disabling IRQ #10
Jan 18 23:51:28 1952BlackVincent postfix[6590]: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 127.0.0.1
Jan 19 00:03:32 1952BlackVincent kernel: hdc: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
Jan 19 00:03:49 1952BlackVincent ifup: No configuration found for sit0
Jan 19 00:03:50 1952BlackVincent postfix/master[3986]: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 127.0.0.1
Jan 19 00:03:56 1952BlackVincent kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0

I have NO idea what the reference to ThinkPad is, or why my Kernal is tainted by it.

One thing I have notices is that once I launch my wireless--I do this with a script after booting, the whole system gets very unstable.

The connection looks okay, the routing table looks good. I get out and about with Firebox, but weird stuff starts to happen, as if I were low on memory, which I am not. For example, I will start up a text editor, it hangs on startup, disappers, and 3 minutes later, sudden opens!

None of this behavior seems presnet until I start up the wirelless card.

Has anybody got any ideas.

Thanks ever so much in advance.

Sorry to be a best.

Regards,

Ned Wallthall