Yes, it seems the crashing thing happens to some when ever we boot up with the linksys wireless adapter. Now alot, I mean alot of digging has lead me to one credible source posted at stanford, but Ill be honest, Im still too new to understande this... Could some one help, please?
Installing Mandrake Linux 9.1 notes:
I just recently installed Mandrake Linux 9.1. Here are some notes -- perhaps you can avoid some problems that I encountered.
USB Wireless - WUSB11 Linksys wireless USB receiver
Installing the wireless USB card caused a great deal of problems. I routinely got a kernel panic while linux was booting. This would crash the load, and caused me to unplug the WUSB11 Linksys wireless USB receiver.
1. Edited the file /etc/modules.conf
I changed the line
probeall usb-interface usb-uhci to probeall usb-interface uhci
and added the line
alias usb-controller uhci
This finally caused the kernel to stop panicking, and allowed it to boot normally.
2. You need to install drivers for the wireless devices. I then followed these very helpful instructions for installing the atmel wireless driver
http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.n...owto.html#toc5
I found this document helpful when I needed to set the WEP key. Using the utility lvnet which came with the atmel drivers.
https://iprserv.jura.uni-leipzig.de/...st/000255.html
http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/b/brounich/
I finally got my WUSB11 working after 2 full days -- there is a huge learning curve for Linux.
Installing the Linux Kernel Source Code
All of these instructions tell you to install the linux source. I had no idea how to install the Mandrake source, as I couldn't find it on the installation CD. It's actually very easy, once you know what to install. For linux 9.1, the kernel source is called:
kernel-source-2.4.21-0.13mdk.i586.rpm
The source was located in the directory /mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS off of the ftp site.
ftp://anonymous:email-notset.com@ftp...Mandrake/RPMS/
To install it, start a terminal window. Log in as root (su root). Then type rpm -i kernel-source-2.4.21-0.13mdk.i586.rpm
After it is installed, if you look in your /usr/src directory, you will see a directory called linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk
Create a symbolic link for linux in your /usr/src directory by typing ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk linux
This RMPS directory is where all of the RPMS for this version of Mandrake are stored.
First, does anyone know if this sounds credible? Great, if so, what if my modules.conf say this:
probeall usb-interface usb-uhci ehci-hcd
Please note ehci-hcd, he makes no mention of this, should I just change the usb thingy? or the hcd thing as well, adding a seperate alias line for this as well? Also, the: alias usb-controller uhci - is that added above or below the probeall line?
Remember guys, I hate asking, but Ive read and searched, but alas, I have come up with nothing. Personally I think my win xp partition see's his days numbered, and have now stooped to supernatural powers that stop at nothing... Seriously though, this is my final roadblock to doing away with my xp. The gents and ladies here have helped me solve my audio issues and I am very gratefull, any insite would be greatly appriciated.