ipw3945 troubles on feisty

[John Dangler]

On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 13:03 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> hi,
> 
> running a mostly up to date feisty except for a custom kernel (2.6.19,
> from ubuntu sources, has restricted-modules package installed,
> workedfine till a few days ago), I'm having lots of trouble with my
> ipw3945 wireless card.  I can still connect to networks but I lose the
> connection more often than I usedto and my dmesg is littered with the
> following:
> 
> [ 8599.288000] ipw3945: Error Reply type 0x00000005 cmd LEDS_CMD (0x48) seq 0x040A ser 0x004A0000
> [ 8600.284000] ipw3945: Can't stop Rx DMA.
> [ 8600.672000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
> [ 8601.132000] ipw3945: Microcode SW error detected.  Restarting.
> [ 8601.132000] ipw3945: Error Reply type 0x00000005 cmd LEDS_CMD (0x48) seq 0x040A ser 0x004A0000
> [ 8602.128000] ipw3945: Can't stop Rx DMA.
> [ 8602.516000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
> [ 8602.972000] ipw3945: Microcode SW error detected.  Restarting.
> [ 8602.972000] ipw3945: Error Reply type 0x00000005 cmd LEDS_CMD (0x48) seq 0x040A ser 0x004A0000
> [ 8602.972000] ipw3945: Can't stop Rx DMA.
> [ 8603.244000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
> [ 8610.788000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
> [ 8618.456000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
> [ 8619.404000] ipw3945: Microcode SW error detected.  Restarting.
> [ 8619.404000] ipw3945: Error Reply type 0x00000005 cmd LEDS_CMD (0x48) seq 0x040A ser 0x004A0000
> [ 8619.404000] ipw3945: Can't stop Rx DMA.
> [ 8619.448000] psmouse.c: GlidePoint at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
> [ 8619.480000] psmouse.c: GlidePoint at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynched.
> [ 8619.480000] psmouse.c: GlidePoint at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
> [ 8619.480000] psmouse.c: GlidePoint at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
> [ 8619.500000] psmouse.c: GlidePoint at isa0060/serio1/input0 - driver resynched.
> [ 8619.688000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
> [ 8620.276000] ipw3945: Microcode SW error detected.  Restarting.
This caught my eye first... do you have the latest firmware for your
wireless? (I had a similar problem with 2100/2200 drivers, and getting
an updated firmware image resolved it.
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> ...and so on.  the glidepoint issue may be separate -- my pointer works
> poorly when ipw3945 is failing like this -- it may have to do with cpu
> usage, which skyrockets under these conditions.  anyway I wondered
> whether anyone else was seeing this issue and what folks had done to
> fix it.  also where I should report this bug (though since I'm using my
> own kernel I suppose the bug would be rejected).  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> 
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