Description of problem: Bringing wlan0 up on 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 using rt73usb freezes the OS with no possibility of recovery. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): This usb wireless adapter still works very well when I revert back to kernel-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 which was the last 2.6.23 kernel I was able to update to before 2.6.24 How reproducible: reproduces itself without fail Steps to Reproduce: 1. insert USB wireless adapter 2. ifconfig wlan0 up 3. Actual results: Complete OS freeze, not even possible to restart X using ctrl-alt-backspace Expected results: wlan0 coming up Additional info: lsmod: modules which load on 2.6.23 when I insert the USB adapter: aes 31489 1 arc4 5953 2 ecb 6721 2 blkcipher 9029 1 ecb rt73usb 27201 0 rt2x00usb 12865 1 rt73usb rt2x00lib 21313 2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb rfkill 9425 1 rt2x00lib input_polldev 7369 1 rt2x00lib crc_itu_t 6081 1 rt2x00lib mac80211 125137 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib cfg80211 19785 1 mac80211 lsmod: modules which load on 2.6.24 when I insert the USB adapter: arc4 5825 2 ecb 6593 2 blkcipher 9285 1 ecb rt73usb 28097 0 rt2x00usb 13121 1 rt73usb rt2x00lib 30913 2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb crc_itu_t 5953 1 rt2x00lib rfkill 9301 1 rt2x00lib crc_ccitt 5953 1 rt2x00lib input_polldev 7241 1 rt2x00lib mac80211 161065 3 rt73usb,rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib cfg80211 23113 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211 lsusb: Bus 002 Device 003: ID 050d:905c Belkin Components
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 436627 ***