[Bug 48263] Re: Laptop freezes if the NIC (VIA VT6102 Rhine II) is 'bounced'

Michael R. Bernstein webmaven at cox.net
Sun Jun 4 21:24:55 UTC 2006


Paul asked what the exact reproducible steps are to duplicate the crash.
This had been described in general terms earlier, but here it is:

1) Go to 'System > Administration > Networking'.

    'Networking' GUI comes up.

2) Click either the wireless (ra0) or wired (eth0) interfaces to select
it.

    Interface is selected.

3) Click 'Deactivate' button.

    Selected interface is disabled (greyed out) in the GUI.

4) Click 'Activate' button.

    'Spinner' mouse cursor starts after the click, but then the screen
freezes (the animated cursor even stops in mid-spin), and no further
interaction with the laptop is possible by keyboard or mouse.

At this point, I have tried switching to a virtual terminal (by ctrl-
alt-F1, for example), retsarting X by ctrl-alt-backspace, and rebooting
by ctrl-alt-delete. Nothing works, the screen remains frozen, and the
only option is to power down the laptop and reboot.

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[regression] Laptop freezes if the NIC (VIA VT6102 Rhine II) is 'bounced'
https://launchpad.net/bugs/48263




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