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Author: Riaz <riaz@riazj.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 23:09:35 -0700
Write article about crashes due to Wi-Fi card
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+<h1>System Crash Due to Wi-Fi Card</h1>
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+<p>I recently changed Wi-Fi cards and started experiencing crashes. Switching network managers, init systems, and browsers did not work, but switching from linux to linux-lts did.</p>
+<p>After shutting down from a crash, dinit mentioned this.</p>
+<pre>eth0: NIC Link is down</pre>
+<p>When I tried shutting down after switching to OpenRC, there was a mention of <code>[drm] GPU</code> and an error about unmounting file systems.</p>
+<p>If I waited too long, all keyboard input was locked, and I had to remove the laptop's battery. Sometimes, the Caps Lock key flashed, indicating kernel panic. Some examples that caused the crashes were</p>
+<ul>
+<li>playing a video, closing the laptop for it to suspend, and reopening the laptop</li>
+<li>pressing next on a Google form</li>
+<li>joining a Zoom meeting</li>
+<li>doing actions that use plenty of bandwidth, such as loading many videos</li>
+</ul>
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