On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 09:32:36PM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote:

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> On 10/21/07, Firas Kraiem  wrote:

> > Nicolas Letellier wrote:

> > > Firas Kraiem a icrit :

> > >>

> > >> Salut ;)

> > >>

> > >> I have the very same problem on my laptop (running 4.2) and I've

> > >> discovered that the freezings stop if I'm not using the built-in NIC

> > >> (Realtek Gigabit 8169) but use an USB wifi adapter instead. If you also

> > >> have a Realtek, maybe it could be due to a bug in the re driver ?

> > >>

> > >> Firas

> > >>

> > > Are you sure about what you are saying ?

> > > I have already a laptop with this NIC and I have this problem;

> > >

> > > It means that there is a bug with gigabit realtek 8169 ?

> > >

> > > Nicolas

> > >

> > >

> >

> > That's what I saw on mine, anyway. Try to boot it without using using

> > the NIC (i.e. delete /etc/hostname.re0) and see if the freezes stop.

> >

> > Firas

> >

>

> I see the re(4) hanging my machine problem too.

> 

There are at least three open bug reports related to re hanging when

used at gigabit speeds. You might try forcing it to 100baseTX.
-- Mark