Ok, thanks again, Christopher, for the professional and helpful service you have provided me and others.
Feel free to close this bug since I don't plan on doing any more to address the root cause. I spent half the day on 10.04 and it remained steady but then I was wondering if that was just dumb luck so I switched back to 12.04 and that was steady as well. I tried to stress the wireless connection by transferring a large file while surfing but it even remained steady through that. It just won't break when I want it to. ;) Anyways, I want to get the machine back to my friend in the next few days, so I bought a USB wireless card and hope that does the trick. (Though if I can things to break again truly verify that 10.04 is indeed better than 12.04, I'll install 10.04.) For others who have the same issue, note that https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15813 is the only reference to this issue with this driver that I could find in the Kernel Bug Tracker. I found a couple of other kernel bugs with similar issues but with other devices/drivers: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42877 is with the ath9k driver https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43123 is with the iwlwifi driver ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #15813 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15813 ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #42877 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42877 ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #43123 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43123 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1027747 Title: 8086:4220 WiFi (signal strength and connection) drops intermittently: 12.04, Intel 2200BG (ipw2200) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1027747/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
