Re: wireless illness

Do you have a localhost entry in /etc/hosts? If you don't, that might
explain the behavior you're seeing.

-Mark Gordon

On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 09:26 -0700, Scott Otterson wrote:
> Any help with this XD2/wireless illness will be very welcome.
> 
> After starting an 802.11b connection, I see at least these problems:
> 
> - Mozilla freezes if I type while mozilla is in focus 
>   (However, I can browse using the mouse until I type something)
> 
> - Nautilus hangs forever on startup.  No error messages.
> 
> - The panel and the rest of gnome eventually freeze.  
> 
> This happens only under certain circumstances -- the most common,
> unfortunately.  
> 
> Problems occur when:
> I boot my laptop without the ethernet cable plugged in and then connect
> to a wireless network.  The mozilla freeze does not happen if, before
> turning on the wireless, I type something into a text box (like the URL
> window).  I still have the other problems, though.
> 
> Problems do not occur when:
> I boot with a live ethernet cable connected, unplug it, and then start
> the wireless.
> 
> I'm running stock XD2 with the latest redcarpet updates e.g. Mozilla
> 1.4.2 and Nautilus 2.2.4.
> 
> I'm starting the wireless network with a script that does this:
> 
> sudo ifdown eth0
> sudo iwconfig eth1 essid NETOWORK_NAME
> sudo iwconfig eth1 mode managed
> sudo iwconfig eth1 key KEY_VALUE
>  
> sudo dhclient
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
> 
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