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ratcreature) wrote2005-11-02 04:05 pm
ratcreature) wrote2005-11-02 04:05 pm
Entry tags:
GIP, where the icon is (somewhat unfortunately) appropriate
The Voodoo!RatCreature got the same number of votes as the Glomming!RatCreature, however I need the Voodoo* one more, because my frelling WLAN suddenly decided not to work properly. Argh.
No idea what caused it, it just stopped working suddenly, without me having changed or touched anything, and resetting the router and laptop didn't help. Then, just when I had resigned myself that I'd have to either bring my laptop to another WLAN, or have someone else test my router with their computer -- I only own these two WLAN capable devices, so I couldn't easily check with one wasn't working, as neither yielded any errors or anything, and both router and laptop work fine except for the wireless stuff -- I try to turn the WLAN in my laptop off (by unloading the driver kernel module), since it's not working, and I'm not fond of this blinking diode even when it actually does something, and then it works again.
Bizarrely my command to remove the driver did not remove it, but obviously it did something. So since I haven't changed or updated my kernel or anything, I can't explain this, but I figure the driver might just have mysterious hangups or something, even though my first reboot didn't do anything. So I tried to recreate the working WLAN situation, reboot my laptop, it loads the WLAN driver, but again doesn't work. Some combinations of removing/reloading the driver and restarting the network seem to get it working sometimes, but I it's not predictable, more like I try a couple of times and then it works, which drives me nuts. Furthermore I never had any problems before with this, and I haven't changed or updated anything that relates to the kernel, drivers or hardware in weeks, so why are there problems now?
It's the randomness that gets me, so yeah, voodoo would help right now. I guess I'll look into newer versions of the driver and/or a full version update for my linux or something like that, and otherwise have my trustworthy extra ethernet cable on hand, so that I don't have to dig through a ton of junk again to find it the next time the wireless decides not to work. Gah.
I also uploaded a larger inked version of the chicken-waving Voodoo!RatCreature, in which you can see the details better:
*)The icon intends no offense to anyone actually practising Voodoo as a religion, I realize the stereotyping and mangling Voodoo is subjected to that lead to this usage in a computer context, and hence this cartoon, isn't exactly culturally sensitive, and might be even argued to be racist, however I have to confess that I still find the image of waving a dead chicken over your computer problem funny.
No idea what caused it, it just stopped working suddenly, without me having changed or touched anything, and resetting the router and laptop didn't help. Then, just when I had resigned myself that I'd have to either bring my laptop to another WLAN, or have someone else test my router with their computer -- I only own these two WLAN capable devices, so I couldn't easily check with one wasn't working, as neither yielded any errors or anything, and both router and laptop work fine except for the wireless stuff -- I try to turn the WLAN in my laptop off (by unloading the driver kernel module), since it's not working, and I'm not fond of this blinking diode even when it actually does something, and then it works again.
Bizarrely my command to remove the driver did not remove it, but obviously it did something. So since I haven't changed or updated my kernel or anything, I can't explain this, but I figure the driver might just have mysterious hangups or something, even though my first reboot didn't do anything. So I tried to recreate the working WLAN situation, reboot my laptop, it loads the WLAN driver, but again doesn't work. Some combinations of removing/reloading the driver and restarting the network seem to get it working sometimes, but I it's not predictable, more like I try a couple of times and then it works, which drives me nuts. Furthermore I never had any problems before with this, and I haven't changed or updated anything that relates to the kernel, drivers or hardware in weeks, so why are there problems now?
It's the randomness that gets me, so yeah, voodoo would help right now. I guess I'll look into newer versions of the driver and/or a full version update for my linux or something like that, and otherwise have my trustworthy extra ethernet cable on hand, so that I don't have to dig through a ton of junk again to find it the next time the wireless decides not to work. Gah.
I also uploaded a larger inked version of the chicken-waving Voodoo!RatCreature, in which you can see the details better:
*)The icon intends no offense to anyone actually practising Voodoo as a religion, I realize the stereotyping and mangling Voodoo is subjected to that lead to this usage in a computer context, and hence this cartoon, isn't exactly culturally sensitive, and might be even argued to be racist, however I have to confess that I still find the image of waving a dead chicken over your computer problem funny.
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Hope you managed to get your wireless issues all sorted in the end.
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Right now my wireless works, who knows for how long though and whether it'll still be there after a reboot. ATM I don't have the patience to try and find the real cause, or fiddle with drivers and what not, but my brother came by briefly earlier and his cell phone saw my wlan router without problem and he also left me a spare wireless usb dongle (besides the kilo vegan salami he got for cheap, which was his original reason to drop by), so when I do start the testing I will have more options for what I can try with the laptop.
For now I cling to the superstition that my virtual dead chicken might have scared the bug away. ;)