Re: pcmcia-card prblem - new post

[Louis Woods <louis@swissart.biz>]

Hi

Thank you for the tip. I see now that it is not the memory but the cpu. 
When I plug in the card I see that the command "kacpid" is using up
97% of the CPU ...

Regards,
Louis

debian@lamie.net wrote:

> Try running `top` when you plug your card in and see what happens to your
> resources.\nOn 9/24/2005, "Louis Woods" <louis@swissart.biz> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I am reposting my problem (see blow), because I was told I was using a
> > subect line already in use:
> >
> > "pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) causes computer to get extremly slow ..."
> >
> > Regards,
> > Louis
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have installed my pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) using "madwifi". I
> > > could make the wireless-connection work, however as soon as I insert
> > > the pcmcia card the system get's really slow as if the card is using
> > > up all of the memory. Interesting is that I have noticed this
> > > behaviour even before I have installed the madwifi driver, which lets
> > > me assume that it rather has something to do with the configuration of
> > > the pcmcia-cs package. I am using the following kernel:
> > > 2.6.8-2-386
> > > In an earlier installation I used a 2.4-Kernel and didn't seem to have
> > > this problem. Should pcmcia-cs only be used with 2.4-Kernels?
> > >
> > > This is what I get when I look into dmesg:
> > >
> > > PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
> > > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
> > > Build date: Sep 24 2005
> > > Debugging version (IEEE80211)
> > > ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> > > ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> > > 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> > > ath0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> > > ath0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
> > > ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6
> > > ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
> > > ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
> > > ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
> > > ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
> > > ath0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
> > > ath0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
> > > Debugging version (ATH)
> > > ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x10800000, irq=10
> > > ath0: no IPv6 routers present
> > >
> > > This is my /etc/network/interfaces file:
> > >
> > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> > > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> > >
> > > # The loopback network interface
> > > auto lo
> > > iface lo inet loopback
> > >
> > > # The primary network interface
> > > auto eth0
> > > iface eth0 inet dhcp
> > > name Ethernet LAN card
> > >
> > > # The wireless network interface
> > > auto ath0
> > > iface ath0 inet dhcp
> > >       wireless-essid  LWSHOME
> > >       wireless-enc    restricted
> > >       wireless-key    CDKDB800C5F788CCCFF0C4200
> > >       name Unknown interface type
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any idea where I should be looking for the problem. I am also happy to
> > > provide additional information to how my system is setup.
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance.
> > >
> > > Louis
> > >
> > >
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