Comment 12 for bug 220013

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Stefan Kull (stefan-kull) wrote :

The following similar bug reports seems to pointing at the same symptoms when using Wireless-LAN...
List of symptoms:
    * Screen and mouse become frozen
    * Caps Lock LED BLINKING
    * Scroll Lock LED BLINKING
    * ...only way out is to reboot by unplugging batteries and power adapter.
    * My notebook is OK as long as I use the built in cable-LAN adapter.

List of earlier reported bugs with similar symptoms

Bug #205653: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/205653
                        "Hardy beta - laptop randomly freezes with caps & scroll lock led's blinking"

Bug #194650: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/194650
                        "computer locks up using rt61pci"

Bug #216421: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/216421
                        "Wireless-LAN will freeze both screen & mouse pointer"

Bug #152102: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/152102
                        "Belkin F5D6001 Freezing Ubuntu 7.10 RC1"

I looks to me (an advanced user, but not an software developer) that this is an OLD and serious bug/issue...
...please ;-( could someone look into this issue?

  * Severity: High => Makes system hang/crash
  * Impact: High => I can NOT use wlan at all!