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Winblowz

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From: Rapid City, South Dakota

Registered: 2006-08-07

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Kernel Panic in Arch64 when using ath0

A while back I posted a thread in the Networking forum (in which I received no replies) because I would receive a kernel panic after setting up wpa_supplicant+madwifi+network profile in arch64. -

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=26473

Well, I did a little bit more research and found that the kernel panic was when I tried using ath0 by 'ifconfig ath0 up' or by adding ath0 to my /etc/rc.conf. The wpa_supplicant or network profile had nothing to do with it.

Today I tried setting up wireless in Arch i686 and I received NO kernel panic. Ath0 worked great, and everything went fine.

I think this is a HUGE bug in Arch64 and I though I would alert everyone. I really like Arch so I am hoping that the devs will fix this problem. 8)

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Pierre

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From: Bonn

Registered: 2004-07-05

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Re: Kernel Panic in Arch64 when using ath0

Seems to be the same problem as mentioned here: https://forum.archlinux.de/?page=Postin … hread=5384

(I have no notebook with x86_64-cpu atm, so I cannot confirm this)

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Winblowz

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From: Rapid City, South Dakota

Registered: 2006-08-07

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Re: Kernel Panic in Arch64 when using ath0

Hopefully the Arch64 devs will fix this issue very soon. I really like Arch but sadly, since I want a 64-bit OS I will have to go back to Gentoo (which is also a great distro). :cry:

Pierre

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Re: Kernel Panic in Arch64 when using ath0

You should file a detailed bug-report then.

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Winblowz

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From: Rapid City, South Dakota

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Re: Kernel Panic in Arch64 when using ath0

You should file a detailed bug-report then.

Done