Comment 10 for bug 468519

I'm running the netbook remix on a Toshiba NB100... the exact same bug has been freezing my system since install.
The problem was masked by the easy connects to my home network, I just swept it under the rug until trying to take the netbook on vacation... it was a nightmare.

When no network is available, or when the networking is disabled, the system freezes, the only thing in the logs is the intermittent notice from wpa_supplicant as mentioned above. After a lot of frustration, I found that booting into the rescue kernel and starting X manually gave me a working system (with some drivers missing...) but everything was smooth. Booting into a failsafe gnome, the wpasupplicant was still unfulfilled, but the system stayed functional until I started the gdm-launcher. I was able to run anything as a command or from the standard gnome-menu shortcut, but as soon as the gdm-launcher was activated, the freeze was on.

I am still new to linux, but the pattern I observed seemed to be an interaction between networking and the gdm-launcher. Everything worked fine with either gdm or networking (unconnected).

I hope this helps. If any logs or info from any of these trials would be helpful, let me know.

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