Comment 14 for bug 194650

Try the linux-backports-module. It worked for me.

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:43 AM, BackwardsDown <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I've got the same issue, ever few minutes it locks up and I cant move my
> mouse for a few seconds or the screen just totally locks up with the
> caps- and scroll-lock blinking.
>
> I'm running 64 bit hardy on a dell laptop d830.
>
> --
> computer locks up using rt61pci
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194650
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>
> Status in The Linux Kernel: Fix Released
> Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.24
>
> When using the wireless under the Hardy Alpha 5 i386 Desktop CD, the will
> lock up the computer entirely within a few minutes of network access. If I
> don't associate with a network I can run for hours doing various things. But
> a few pages in firefox or wget will lock the computer up hard.
>
> 05:02.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
> Subsystem: RaLink EW-7108PCg
> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
> Region 0: Memory at fa100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
> Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
> PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>
> Appears to be using the rt61pci module.
>