[Bug 276990] Re: iwlagn causes kernel panic on 802.11n wifi

bh1nd3r preet.bhinder at gmail.com
Sat Dec 6 07:59:36 UTC 2008


Kernel -10 seems to have fixed it on my laptop.. no more crashes :)


On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:57 PM, sorenjensen <Soren.sbj at gmail.com> wrote:

> After reading about firmware update (Posted 28/11) I have tried
> different setups for some days now:
>
> Out with backports and proposed, upgrade to -9 Kernel (From respectively -7
> and -8 proposed) and in with the recommended firmware. The connection stops
> 1 - 3 minutes each 5 - 15 minutes (It never shows disconnected nor informs
> about it).
> In with the Backports again for Kernel -9 with more or less similar result.
> Downgrading the firmware just to test the old one with Kernel -9, still
> same result.
> Upgrading firmware again and in with proposed and backports again upgrading
> to Kernel -10....same results.
>
> The results are the same on 2 quite different machines (4965 on both). I
> run wireless  n and WPA/WPA2.
>
> At least the machines stopped crashing completely somewhere along the
> way of these 20-30 different setups tried out since the release of 8.10.
> At the moment I have lost track in which setup might have a chance of
> working.
>
> >From testing in another business I get the feeling the patches doesn't
> really solve some basic problem and this is why we  experience continued
> "Arms up - arms down again" - and not really a stable and convincing
> result.
>
> If there is something i can test to give more information, please let me
> know.
>
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> iwlagn causes kernel panic on 802.11n wifi
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276990
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