For two days now I used only wired networking (via ethernet) and I experienced not a single crash.
In order to find out more about the madwifi bug, I activated the wirless connection again. In contrast to my earlier reports, I disactivated the network-manager this time. However, the computer (equipped with a wireless atheros-based card) froze anyway after some time when there was network activity (browsing the internet).
Therefore, the freezes are not caused by the combination of the network-manager with the madwifi driver but happend also when using the madwifi driver on its own.
For two days now I used only wired networking (via ethernet) and I experienced not a single crash.
In order to find out more about the madwifi bug, I activated the wirless connection again. In contrast to my earlier reports, I disactivated the network-manager this time. However, the computer (equipped with a wireless atheros-based card) froze anyway after some time when there was network activity (browsing the internet).
Therefore, the freezes are not caused by the combination of the network-manager with the madwifi driver but happend also when using the madwifi driver on its own.