Slackware freeze error, ipw3945?

Devilz · 02-03-2008, 07:16 PM

My Slackware randomly froze today, and it has done it multiple times, mostly when I am receiving files over Pidgin.
In /var/log/syslog, I have this message about when the system froze (I think this is the problem).

Code:

Feb  3 16:40:40 darkstar kernel: ipw3945: Microcode SW error detected.  Restarting.
Feb  3 16:40:40 darkstar kernel: ipw3945: request scan called when driver not ready.
Feb  3 16:40:40 darkstar kernel: ipw3945: Error sending ADD_STA: time out after 500ms.
Feb  3 16:40:40 darkstar kernel: ipw3945: Can't stop Rx DMA.
Feb  3 16:49:54 darkstar kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 12, COCOD 00000000 01014a00 0000004a 00000500 000000cc
Feb  3 16:49:55 darkstar kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 12, COCOD 00000000 01011900 00000019 00000500 00000001
Feb  3 16:49:59 darkstar kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 00000002 M 00000198 D beef0201 intr 00400000
Feb  3 16:49:59 darkstar kernel: ipw3945: Microcode SW error detected.  Restarting.
Feb  3 16:49:59 darkstar kernel: ipw3945: request scan called when driver not ready.
Feb  3 16:49:59 darkstar kernel: ipw3945: Error sending ADD_STA: time out after 500ms.
Feb  3 16:49:59 darkstar kernel: ipw3945: Can't stop Rx DMA.

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Devilz.

janhe · 02-05-2008, 08:41 PM

I did experience that my network interface "hung" when using the ipw3945 driver.

The ipw3945 driver is obsoleted by the way.
Try using the newer iwl3945 driver:
http://intellinuxwireless.org/