Any chance the 1.0.4 release (latest stable release) of the ipw2200 driver can make it past the freeze? 1.0.4 adds monitor mode support, which is a huge new feature that people have been wanting for a long time.... http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ipw2200/ipw2200-1.0.4.tgz?download
Done in CVS, will be in builds 1310 and higher. Can you check this works ok with the firmware that the kernel requires (2.2) ? If it needs a newer revision, I'll have to bump that requires: line too.
Great, thanks! That does require firmware 2.3