This was probably a hardware problem. After doing a vanilla Karmic re-install, i got the same problem again. Since my colleague has the same card, which works fine, he suggested a hardware problem. I removed the physical card and re-added it, and now it seems to work well.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Summary changed: - enabling wireless (iwl3945) freezes system + [closed] enabling wireless (iwl3945) freezes system (hardware issue) -- [closed] enabling wireless (iwl3945) freezes system (hardware issue) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443019 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs