Update: It's better to leave the wifi card slot uncovered. When the cover is screwed, it pushes the card that heels a little and probably the "Stradivari" loses the tuning. Some additional info: Linux Mint 13 Maya on a Dell Latitude D600.
sudo lshw -C Network *-network:0 description: Ethernet interface product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 01 serial: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.121 firmware=5705-v3.16 latency=32 link=no mingnt=64 multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:11 memory:faff0000-faffffff *-network:1 description: Wireless interface product: PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 3 bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0 logical name: eth1 version: 04 serial: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2100 driverversion=git-1.2.2 firmware=712.0.3:3:00000001 ip=192.168.1.100 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=34 mingnt=2 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b resources: irq:5 memory:fafef000-fafeffff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24776 Title: ipw2100 - "Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/24776/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs