Re: [Hampshire] Skype fails and takes out Gutsy

On Wednesday 30 Jan 2008, Wayne Lee wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 22:45 +0000, Alex wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Salisbury
> > It's hard to investigate when the basic tools stop working! Can
> > anyone think what might be happening? Is there any way of getting
> > ps information direct from /sys or /proc or other magic to help
> > find out
> >
> > Anything in dmesg or the various files in /var/log?
>
> What chipset is on the mobo?
>
> I had a similar experience with a USB Wlan dongle, the effects were
> the same as you describe, I'm also running Ubuntu (gutsy) and the
> chipset is VIA. The same dongle works fine in my Dell lappy.
>
> Wayne

It might well be VIA, I'll check it out when I get the chance. Did you
find a solution?

Peter