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Hello,
I installed a fresh Arch Linux on my Alienware m11x R2 and it's been working great except I have a problem with my WiFi: every time I connect to a network with WiFi (I tried wpa_supplicant, manual netctl and automatic netctl connection), as soon as I start using the network (I tried Firefox and Steam), the system freezes, I can't make anything move (even the keyboard toggle for the WiFi card doesn't turn the WiFi indicator off), and I'm pretty much forced to shut down the laptop the hard way. I couldn't find any crash related to my hardware/drivers, so any help in here would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by drlkf00 (2013-09-03 09:10:27)
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You couldn't find any crash related to your hardware/drivers, but what is the hardware/driver in use here?
I suspect you have a braodcom and are experiencing the bug in recent kernels that leads to a kernel panic. If so, then there is a massive thread about this, and about 5 other threads that I have seen pop up as well. Do a quick search about brcmsmac and kernel panics… I'm confident you sill find something here.
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I hadn't tried that keyword, my problem seems related indeed. Thank you.
Edit: to anyone crossing this thread and having the same problem, a simple rebuild of the 'broadcom-wl' package from the AUR (I used yaourt) does the trick.
Last edited by drlkf00 (2013-09-03 09:09:48)
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