Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 11:17:42 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a wireless network freezes the machine? Message-ID: <20121006041742.GA83727@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> In-Reply-To: <20121001053959.GB94245@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> References: <20120928155059.GA60368@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20121001053959.GB94245@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>
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Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > > Is it possible that wpa_supplicant or some other part of the WiFi > > setup causes the hangs? Nothing else has changed in the system besides > > its role from the access point to a WiFi client. > > Actually, kern/170066 may be related, but it's different hardware and > in my case, the box does not freeze immediately at wpa_supplicant's > start, though it does freeze eventually, especially if there is some > load on the video subsystem (Intel SandyBridge with the recent > x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel) like watching a movie. Now after a period of observation I am sure that it is the wpa_supplicant which freezes the machine. And this happens only when wpa_supplicant cannot associate with a configured access point. If the access point is online and available, everything works fine for hours. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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