kernel oops related to Wifi event

[Mathieu Perona]

Wifi card : NetGear WG511, chipset Marvel

ndiswrapper 1.7 (installed in /opt, the breezy ndiswrapper being too old)

using the windows XP drivers on the Netgear CD

I get the following kernel oops :

[4302485.201000] wlan0 (WE) : Wireless Event too big (407)
[4302485.211000] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 6365648d
[4302485.211000] printing eip:
[4302485.211000] c0120790
[4302485.211000] *pde = 00000000
[4302485.211000] Oops: 0000 [#1]

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

You haven't sent the complete oops here; there should be many more lines below that

[Mathieu Perona (mathieu-perona)]

Should be, indeed. But I cannot help you : I have the same problem with another computer (under Dapper), but the computer just freezes immediatly, with no output on /var/log/kern.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this linux-source-2.6.15 kernel bug to the new "linux" package. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Also, if you would be interested in testing the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release, it is available at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . Please let us know your results. Thanks!

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

Unfortunately this bug report is being closed because we received no response to the last inquiry for information. However, the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Beta release was most recently announced - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/beta . If you are able to confirm this is still an issue with this most recent release please feel free to reopen this report. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks.