Bug#279998: installation-reports: [i386] [20041105] d-i ignores encryption keys of wireless network interfaces.

[ryutaroh@it.ss.titech.ac.jp]

> > This is built in IBM Thinkpad A31p and supported by the orinoco_pci
> > driver. The orinoco_pci driver in the latest kernel (both 2.4 and 2.6)
> > is old and less stable than the latest version at
> > http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/
> > 
> > The driver frequently hangs up with bulk data transfer.  I have to
> > check whether the orinoco driver is still working every minute by cron
> > and reload the driver if necessary.  Without this trick I cannot
> > upgrade packages with apt after initial installation.
> 
> When you say it's unusable with 2.6, were you referring to the hangs, or
> did the installer not load the module or support the card at all under
> 2.6?

I refereed to hangs.

But it seems strange that the 2.6 kernel in the installation CDROM
does not work with the wireless interface. The interface was displayed
by ifconfig and iwconfig, and the encryption key could be properly
set, but I could not ping to another computer.

I installed kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 (ver. 2.6.8-4) after installaion
with 2.4 kernel, and it works well until the driver hangs.

Best regards,

Ryutaroh