On Tue, 2016-12-20 at 17:24 +0100, Łukasz Walewski wrote: > Hi, > > I am using the latest Lubuntu 16.10 with fairly recent kernel > > ljw@hideo:~$ uname -a > Linux hideo 4.8.0-30-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 2 03:43:33 UTC > 2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux > > on an old Toshiba laptop (Satellite Pro U200) equipped with an Intel > PRO/Wireless 3945ABG adapter > > ljw@hideo:~$ lspci | grep ireless > 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) > > The wireless network crashes once in a while with no apparent reason > with the following log entries: > > Dec 18 17:23:42 hideo kernel: [94900.863133] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: > loaded firmware version 15.32.2.9 > Dec 18 17:23:42 hideo kernel: [94900.913626] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: > BSM uCode verification failed at addr 0x00003800+0 (of 900), is > 0xa5a5a5a2, s/b 0xf802020 > Dec 18 17:23:42 hideo kernel: [94900.913633] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: > Unable to set up bootstrap uCode: -5 > > This problem has been reported several times on different mailing > lists and community portals all over the Internet, nevertheless I was > not able to locate the right fix for it. > > The workaround suggested elswhere (restarting the network-manager > when the problem occurs) works with my setup. Instead of restarting NM, you can "pkill -TERM wpa_supplicant" or something, which will do the same thing but just bounce the wifi rather than everything. Or 'rmmod iwl3945; modprobe iwl3945'. Dan > Could you please suggest the solution to the problem? Alternatively, > where should I file the bug to get it fixed? > > Thank you very much in advance, > Lukasz Walewski >
