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drlkf00

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Registered: 2013-05-04

Posts: 10

[SOLVED] System crash Alienware m11xR2 WiFi

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)

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: [SOLVED] System crash Alienware m11xR2 WiFi

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.

drlkf00

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Registered: 2013-05-04

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] System crash Alienware m11xR2 WiFi

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)