Bug 451510 - After recent update Intel wireless 4965 stops connecting and hangs computer
Summary: After recent update Intel wireless 4965 stops connecting and hangs computer
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 451395
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: John W. Linville
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-06-15 04:48 UTC by Cameron Cross
Modified: 2008-06-23 19:01 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-06-23 19:01:24 UTC
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Description Cameron Cross 2008-06-15 04:48:38 UTC
Description of problem:

When i try to connect to the wireless at my home the computer hangs and the caps
lock and scroll lock lights keep flashing. I then have to force the computer to
shutdown.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Not sure but it is the lastest update. After that it stopped working

How reproducible:

Always happens to me every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Turn on computer with intel wireless 4965 agn adapeter
2.Try to connect to wireless point
3.Hang. Keyboard and mouse lock up and caps and scroll lock lights flash.
  
Actual results:

Hang. Keyboard and mouse lock up and caps and scroll lock lights flash.

Expected results:

Connects to wireless access point with out any fuss.

Additional info:

I can get my netgear wireless adapter to connect  no problems. Both nm-applet
and system-config-network hang. System-config-network says "obtaining ip
address". If you need more info email me -> "cameroncros"

Comment 1 Cameron Cross 2008-06-15 08:14:08 UTC
it might actually be kernel related because if i boot the old kernel it works
fine. Not sure why.

Comment 2 Alexander Stevenson 2008-06-16 08:32:04 UTC
I have the same problem with Intel 4965 AG (or AGN) with the new kernel. I have
to boot with the older kernel to avoid crashing.

Comment 3 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2008-06-17 16:10:26 UTC
This bug has been assigned to the wrong component.
You seesm to say that a recent kernel update have made the kernel crash without
telling which kernel (uname -r) it was...

Please report this info along with others valuable info such as vendor/models of
the laptop.

Comment 4 Tauroka 2008-06-19 10:43:05 UTC
I'm having this problem too but with the x86_64 kernel.
Kernel.x86_64-2.6.25-14.fc9 is happy either with during boot or after boot
network activiation.
Kernel.x86_64-2.6.25.6-55.fc9 hangs the machine with a flashing caps lock light
on boot if activate on boot is selected.
If activate on boot is not selected, activation of the network through
System->Admin->Network will not connect to the network.  Selection of Controlled
by NetworkManager results in NetworkManager attempting to connect resulting in a
hang.
Booting back to the earlier kernel results in a functioning machine with network
connection.


Comment 5 Alexander Stevenson 2008-06-19 15:56:56 UTC
My influenced kernel is 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686

This is my network controller:
04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN
Network Connection (rev 61)

Laptop vendor/model is Ninjutsu Siemens/Amilo

Comment 6 Tauroka 2008-06-20 07:28:40 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> My influenced kernel is 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686
> 
> This is my network controller:
> 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN
> Network Connection (rev 61)
> 
> Laptop vendor/model is Ninjutsu Siemens/Amilo

What processor are you using Alex?

Comment 7 Alexander Stevenson 2008-06-20 08:39:56 UTC
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 23
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T8100  @ 2.10GHz
stepping	: 6
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 3072 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 2
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 10
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36
clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon
pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm ida
bogomips	: 4193.04
clflush size	: 64

processor	: 1
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 23
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T8100  @ 2.10GHz
stepping	: 6
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 3072 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 1
cpu cores	: 2
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 10
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36
clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon
pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm ida
bogomips	: 4189.41
clflush size	: 64



Comment 8 Ian 2008-06-22 19:16:52 UTC
I am having the same problem on 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64 with an Intel 4965 AGN
wifi card. I can get my computer to boot by eater using an older kernel version
or by booting with wifi off, but if I turn it on it will freeze.

Comment 9 Ian 2008-06-22 21:18:00 UTC
This bug seems to be the same as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451723

Comment 10 John W. Linville 2008-06-23 19:01:24 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 451395 ***


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