Comment 40 for bug 179698

My 4965 is working fine on Wireless G networks. Are you talking about on
N? Maybe your problem is stemming from proposed and/or backports being
enabled, although I do have the linux modules backports package installed.

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 5:40 AM, tonyw <email address hidden>wrote:

> I think I am just about ready to give up on Intrepid for now and re-
> install Hardy on my Laptop. Even with every update, proposed update and
> backport installed neither the Intel 4965 AGN Wireless or the Realtek
> AC883 sounds works. They worked fine under Hardy. The Laptop hangs every
> time it boots. It can see Wireless networks but not connect to them
> (even after changing the useless (US) default to EU).
>
> I would not recommend anyone with an Intel chipset upgrading to
> Intrepid. You only have to google to find out how many problems people
> are having. It has the feel of an "alpha" about it.
>
> --
> (Intrepid, Hardy) Intel 4965 wlan stops working
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179698
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> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> The wireless nic of my thinkpad R61 (Intel 4965 a/g/n WLAN) stops to work
> after some minutes to many houres of uptime.
> When this had happened, I removed the iwl4965 kernel module and reinserted
> it. The nic did not do anything but /var/log/syslog shows about ten
> messages per second
> > Jan 1 17:10:53 tp kernel: [52384.933004] iwl4965: HARDWARE GONE?? INTA
> ==
> 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff
>
> This may have something to do with
> http://<email address hidden>/msg29760.html
>