Bug#785711: firmware-realtek: Fails to connect to wifi; subsequent attempts results in kernel panic
Package: firmware-realtek
Version: 0.44
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I am using a Lenovo T540 laptop system with Debian Testing x64 (fully up-to-
date) with the Gnome interface. It has a Realtek rtl8192ee wireless adaptor.
The recent firmware-realtek package upgrade from 0.43 to 0.44 allowed my laptop
to pick up wireless signals (good). However, any attempt to connect to a
wireless service results in failure (no response). Any subsequent attempt to
connect to a wireless service results in kernel panic, and total crash/freeze,
with the monitor in 'text mode'. The latop is then totally unresponsive and a
hard reset must be performed to restore the system.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled the firmware-realtek package in an attempt
to fix the issue, but the problem remains.
I have been using a Ralink-based USB wireless dongle to obtain a wireless
signal since the built-in Realtek unit has not been available. The Ralink USB
dongle still gives proper service - but I would really like ot get the built-in
Realtek components working.
Please let me know if any logs would be of use in troubleshooting this issue -
thanks.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
firmware-realtek depends on no packages.
firmware-realtek recommends no packages.
Versions of packages firmware-realtek suggests:
ii initramfs-tools 0.120
-- no debconf information
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