On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 09:32:36PM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
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> On 10/21/07, Firas Kraiem <fkraiem@free.fr> 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