Comment 6 for bug 721570

And, during that time, there has no upgrade to wicd.

Makes wicd an unlikely candidate.

Thanks
Joe

--- On Sat, 2/19/11, Sean Hayes <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Sean Hayes <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 721570] Re: Whole computer freezes when trying to connect
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 4:08 AM
> I think this stared mid to late
> January for me. I've attached my apt log
> for January so you can get an idea of what packages I
> updated and when.
>
> ** Attachment added: "/var/log/apt/history.log.1"
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/721570/+attachment/1859367/+files/history.log.1
>
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> Title:
>   Whole computer freezes when trying to connect
>
> Status in wicd:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   Wicd 1.7.0
>   Ubuntu 10.10 x64
>   Acer Aspire 5542-5547
>
>   For the past few weeks I've been having problems
> with my laptop
>   freezing while starting up. It doesn't happen when I
> disable wireless
>   while booting (using the button on my laptop), but
> does happen
>   sometimes when I re-enable it and try to connect to
> my router. The
>   freezing occurs while the Wicd status bar says it's
> authenticating.
>
>   I also posted this problem on ubuntuforums.org:
>   http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10428572
>
>   I'm not sure if this is a problem with Wicd or one
> of the libraries it
>   uses, but it's almost certainly related to
> connecting to the Internet.
>