How I solved my wireless random freeze problem

blackmath

After I got the wireless card on my Dell D410 working via ndiswrapper, my machine would randomly and completely freeze a few minutes after I enabled wireless. This is my card from lspci:

Code:

0000:02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4319 (rev 02)

I suspected it was an IRQ conflict and found this solution:

Add pci=noacpi to the end of the menu item in /boot/grub/menu.lst:

Code:

kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-10-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash pci=noacpi

I can now use wireless and ethernet just fine. Everything works like a beauty.

n3tfury

out of curiosity, where did you find this?

blackmath

I'm sorry I didn't keep the URLs I visited and it took a while to find. It was a thread somewhere in association with a problem someone had with IRQ sharing for yenta PCMCIA cards, I just tried it and it solved my problem too. It would be nice to know why it works.

n3tfury

Indeed. glad you're up and running though!

April 30th, 2006	#1
blackmath First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Apr 2006 Beans: 2	How I solved my wireless random freeze problem After I got the wireless card on my Dell D410 working via ndiswrapper, my machine would randomly and completely freeze a few minutes after I enabled wireless. This is my card from lspci: Code: 0000:02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4319 (rev 02) I suspected it was an IRQ conflict and found this solution: Add pci=noacpi to the end of the menu item in /boot/grub/menu.lst: Code: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-10-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash pci=noacpi I can now use wireless and ethernet just fine. Everything works like a beauty.

April 30th, 2006	#2
n3tfury Day Old Decaf Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Upstate NY Beans: 796 Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon	Re: How I solved my wireless random freeze problem out of curiosity, where did you find this?

April 30th, 2006	#3
blackmath First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Apr 2006 Beans: 2	Re: How I solved my wireless random freeze problem I'm sorry I didn't keep the URLs I visited and it took a while to find. It was a thread somewhere in association with a problem someone had with IRQ sharing for yenta PCMCIA cards, I just tried it and it solved my problem too. It would be nice to know why it works.

April 30th, 2006	#4
n3tfury Day Old Decaf Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Upstate NY Beans: 796 Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon	Re: How I solved my wireless random freeze problem Indeed. glad you're up and running though!

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