This is clearly not directly related to the bug definition, but I'm not getting wifi with a dongle that used to work. Here's dmesg on plugging it in. I'm in the UK.
642.752097] usb 2-5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci [ 642.932296] usb 2-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0846, idProduct=9001 [ 642.932311] usb 2-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48 [ 642.932319] usb 2-5: Product: USB2.0 WLAN [ 642.932325] usb 2-5: Manufacturer: ATHER [ 642.932331] usb 2-5: SerialNumber: 12345 [ 644.932085] usb 2-5: reset high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci [ 645.101053] usbcore: registered new interface driver carl9170 [ 645.113059] usb 2-5: driver API: 1.9.7 2012-12-15 [1-1] [ 645.113066] usb 2-5: firmware API: 1.9.6 2012-07-07 [ 645.458207] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0 [ 645.458215] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used [ 645.458219] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search [ 645.458225] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a [ 645.458230] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US [ 645.458234] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a [ 645.461764] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht' [ 645.468290] usb 2-5: Atheros AR9170 is registered as 'phy1' [ 645.646656] carl9170 2-5:1.0 wlx0026f298b969: renamed from wlan0 [ 645.933258] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US [ 645.933263] cfg80211: DFS Master region: FCC [ 645.933265] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time) [ 645.933268] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm), (N/A) [ 645.933271] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 1700 mBm), (N/A) [ 645.933275] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2300 mBm), (0 s) [ 645.933277] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2300 mBm), (0 s) [ 645.933279] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm), (N/A) [ 645.933282] cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm), (N/A) [ 647.067292] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx0026f298b969: link is not ready -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1627828 Title: iwl3945 crashes randomly Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Out of nothing a once properly working 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) started to crash with: Sep 22 14:38:16 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26707.320032] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Error sending C_POWER_TBL: time out after 500ms. Sep 22 14:38:16 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26707.320039] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: set power fail, ret = -110 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.012031] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Queue 2 stuck for 2500 ms. Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.012039] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: On demand firmware reload Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.050333] ieee80211 phy0: Hardware restart was requested Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.084769] retire_capture_urb: 33 callbacks suppressed Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.098359] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: BSM uCode verification failed at addr 0x00003800+0 (of 900), is 0xa5a5a5a2, s/b 0xf802020 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.098364] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Unable to set up bootstrap uCode: -5 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.145087] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: BSM uCode verification failed at addr 0x00003800+0 (of 900), is 0xa5a5a5a2, s/b 0xf802020 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.145089] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Unable to set up bootstrap uCode: -5 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.191802] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: BSM uCode verification failed at addr 0x00003800+0 (of 900), is 0xa5a5a5a2, s/b 0xf802020 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.191805] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Unable to set up bootstrap uCode: -5 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.238526] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: BSM uCode verification failed at addr 0x00003800+0 (of 900), is 0xa5a5a5a2, s/b 0xf802020 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.238528] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Unable to set up bootstrap uCode: -5 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.285272] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: BSM uCode verification failed at addr 0x00003800+0 (of 900), is 0xa5a5a5a2, s/b 0xf802020 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.285275] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Unable to set up bootstrap uCode: -5 Sep 22 14:38:17 seba-Latitude-D630 kernel: [26708.322030] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Unable to initialize device after 5 attempts. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic 4.4.0-38.57 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: seba 1421 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Mon Sep 26 16:38:18 2016 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=64d7608d-53a8-46a6-884c-0ccf1814fb03 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-28 (29 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D630 ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-38-generic root=UUID=dce979b5-6a44-48cf-a87a-d314263a895c ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-38-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-38-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157.3 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/04/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A19 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA19:bd06/04/2013:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD630:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude D630 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. 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