I have a prism45 wlan card. Since kernel 2.6.20-8 it is not working. Here the error message:
Feb 18 21:45:16 kubuntu kernel: [ 85.148000] pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0 Feb 18 21:45:16 kubuntu kernel: [ 85.148000] PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) Feb 18 21:45:16 kubuntu kernel: [ 85.148000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Feb 18 21:45:16 kubuntu kernel: [ 85.148000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64 Feb 18 21:45:16 kubuntu kernel: [ 85.260000] p54: LM86 firmware Feb 18 21:45:16 kubuntu NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1171831516.146604] nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1260_3890' ). Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] 0000:03:00.0 (prism54pci): Cannot read eeprom! Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 disabled Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] prism54pci: probe of 0000:03:00.0 failed with error -22 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] pci 0000:03:00.0: Error adding device, continuing Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] ------------[ cut here ]------------ Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] kernel BUG at drivers/pci/bus.c:127! Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] SMP Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] Modules linked in: savage drm rfcomm l2cap bluetooth nvram uinput ppdev speedstep_ich speedstep_lib cpufreq_userspace cpufre q_stats cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand freq_table cpufreq_conservative video sbs ibm_acpi i2c_ec i2c_core dock container button battery asus_acpi backlight ac ext3 jbd mbcache lp prism54pci prism54common 80211 snd_intel8x0 tsdev snd_ac97_codec irtty_sir sir_dev nsc_ircc ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm pcmcia snd_seq_dummy snd _seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd irda crc_ccitt parport_pc parport floppy psmouse yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmc ia_core soundcore pcspkr snd_page_alloc serio_raw intel_agp agpgart iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support shpchp pci_hotplug af_packet evdev xfs ide_cd cdrom ide_disk ata_piix ata_ generic libata scsi_mod piix e100 mii generic uhci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vesafb capability commoncap Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] CPU: 0 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] EIP: 0060:[pci_bus_add_devices+271/288] Not tainted VLI Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.20-8-generic #2) Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] EIP is at pci_bus_add_devices+0x10f/0x120 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] eax: f7fbcc08 ebx: f7fbcc00 ecx: 00000046 edx: 00000000 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] esi: df94aa14 edi: df94aa14 ebp: df94aa00 esp: dfd7bf38 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] Process pccardd (pid: 3241, ti=dfd7a000 task=dfe46030 task.ti=dfd7a000) Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] Stack: c03746dc c036b914 f7fbcd00 df94aa0c df94aa14 df94aa00 f7d8a428 f89650c8 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] f7d8a578 00000002 f7d8a428 00000000 f7d8a578 f7d8a548 f89617e7 f89657e4 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu NetworkManager: <debug info>^I[1171831518.186810] nm_hal_device_removed (): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1260_3890' ). Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] f89655be 00000000 f7d8a428 00000080 f7d8a428 f8961e9e c1806b20 00000000 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] Call Trace: Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] [<f89650c8>] cb_alloc+0x98/0xd0 [pcmcia_core] Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] [<f89617e7>] socket_insert+0xa7/0xf0 [pcmcia_core] Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] [<f8961e9e>] pccardd+0x20e/0x240 [pcmcia_core] Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] [default_wake_function+0/16] default_wake_function+0x0/0x10 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] [<f8961c90>] pccardd+0x0/0x240 [pcmcia_core] Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] [kthread+186/240] kthread+0xba/0xf0 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] [kthread+0/240] kthread+0x0/0xf0 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] [kernel_thread_helper+7/16] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] ======================= Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] Code: 43 48 e8 95 dc 05 00 8d 93 00 01 00 00 89 54 24 08 89 44 24 04 c7 04 24 08 47 37 c0 e8 3b 14 f3 ff eb 8a 83 c4 0c 5b 5 e 5f 5d c3 <0f> 0b eb fe 8d b6 00 00 00 00 8d bc 27 00 00 00 00 55 89 d5 57 Feb 18 21:45:18 kubuntu kernel: [ 87.348000] EIP: [pci_bus_add_devices+271/288] pci_bus_add_devices+0x10f/0x120 SS:ESP 0068:dfd7bf38 -- Please reenable CONFIG_PRISM54 again https://launchpad.net/bugs/85315 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs