I need to open this bug. I own a FSC Lifebook S-6120 with a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG network chipset.
<snip> $ lspci | grep Net 01:0d.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05) </snip> Right after starting my notebook i can't find any WLANs <snip> $ iwlist scan [...] eth1 No scan results [...] </snip> When i watch dmesg i see that the firmware is found everything seams ok: <snip> $ dmesg | grep ipw [ 31.650611] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq [ 31.650616] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [ 31.652564] ipw2200 0000:01:0d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [ 31.652654] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 31.652715] firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw [ 35.593734] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZD (13 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels) </snip> After about 30-45 minutes working without WLAN i notice that the little planets of the network manager start spinning and i loose my ethernet connection. When i click on the network manager icon inside my panel i see the missing networks, "iwlist scan" confirms this. <snip> $ uptime 15:08:17 up 46 min, 2 users, load average: 0.32, 0.33, 0.39 $ iwlist scan | grep ESSID [...] ESSID:"dukath-ub" ESSID:"<hidden>" ESSID:"<hidden>" ESSID:"eduroam" ESSID:"dukath-ubx" ESSID:"belwue" ESSID:"802.1X" ESSID:"VPN/WEB" </snip> When i now look at the dmes log i see tons of messages saying "ipw2200: Failed to send SYSTEM_CONFIG: Already sending a command." <snip> $ dmesg | grep ipw [ 31.650611] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq [ 31.650616] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation [ 31.652564] ipw2200 0000:01:0d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [ 31.652654] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [ 31.652715] firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw [ 35.593734] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZD (13 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels) [ 2713.210821] ipw2200: Failed to send SYSTEM_CONFIG: Already sending a command. [ 2725.715568] ipw2200: Failed to send SYSTEM_CONFIG: Already sending a command. [ 2744.363038] ipw2200: Failed to send SYSTEM_CONFIG: Already sending a command. [...] [ 3565.084008] ipw2200: Failed to send SYSTEM_CONFIG: Already sending a command. </snip> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- ipw2200 uninitialized at boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs