[ltp] Re: issued with iwl4965 on t61 (stops working and causes segmentation fault)

[Shannon McMackin]

Micha wrote:
> I have two problems with my iwl4965 card on a t61 laptop.
> 
> The first is that it seems to work OK as long as there is load on the network.
> For example if I do a long download it will remain connected. The problem is
> that after some time with no load it just stops to work. The network is
> disconnected and will not connect again until I unload and reload the module.
> 
> A thought struck me today that it may be just going into power save and not
> coming back out. Is there a way to check and or disable power states on this
> card?
> 
> This brings me to the second problem. It seems that unloading and reloading the
> module causes the occasional kernel oops (seems to be usually related to
> loading the iwl4965 module although of course it could be a different issue).
> 
> Currently I'm using the compatwireless version of the module, although the
> intel one I used on previous kernels until it stopped compiling and the
> in-kernel one all gave me the same problems.
> 
> I am running debian unstable with kernel 2.6.24.4 at the moment
> 
> Thanks
I've been running Ubuntu Hardy for about 4 weeks now using the daily 
compat-wireless builds, one from 4/4 and one from 4/24 and I've not had 
any problems.  This is using the 2.6.24-16.30 git tree from the tuxonice 
project.  I also have a T61.  I can leave my laptop unused all weekend 
and wireless will still be active on Monday morning.  This is with the 
Intel chipset....