[Bug 12417] New: ipw2200 firmware error detected, restarting with 2.6.12-3.3

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           Summary: ipw2200 firmware error detected, restarting with 2.6.12-
                    3.3
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: linux
        AssignedTo: fabbione at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: stratus at acm.org
         QAContact: kernel-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-FS570.

I've installed Ubuntu Hoary on this and everything worked well except for the
audio. It has
the same problems reported in #11696 (ipw2200 related too), so i decided to
install the
breezy kernel (2.6.12-3.2 and yesterday 2.6.12-3.3).

The sound is now being recognized, the driver wasn't there and now it's
(snd_hda_intel) my
problem is still the ipw2200 unstable behaviour. Using "iwlist eth0 scanning" it
shows
the AP around without problems, but if i try configure it using
gnome-network-preferences
it doesn't work. I tried wpasupplicant too, since i'll need it anyway and
nothing. The related 
kernel messages are below:

ieee80211: eth0: Unknown management packet: 0
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
ipw2200: failed to send ASSOCIATE command
ieee80211: eth0: Unknown management packet: 0
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.

It happens when i run 'ifup eth0' (it isn't auto but listed in
/etc/network/interfaces issuing dhcp
requests). With wpasupplicant running as daemon i see the messages above and
some times it:

ipw2200: failed to send SSID command
ipw2200: failed to send ASSOCIATE command
ipw2200: failed to send SYSTEM_CONFIG command
ipw2200: ipw_send_system_config failed
ipw2200: No Space for Tx
ipw2200: failed to send WEP_KEY command
...

lspci output:
0000:06:04.0 Network Controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)

It's ipw2200 1.0.4, of course.

The weird thing to me is that after reboot 'iwconfig eth0' output shows:

eth0   IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"therightessid"
       Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 Ghz  Access Point: the right one!
       (...)

wpasupplicant scanned and choose an AP around and in a way or another talked with
ipw2200, right? After that errors the 'iwconfig eth0' output shows:

eth0   unassociated  ...

With these changes in the output it seems that the ipw2200 is really restarting.Can 
it be a problem with the firmware sitting at /lib/hotplug/firmware/ ?


Best regards,
Gustavo Franco -- <stratus at debian.org>

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