I'm on 2.6.17-11 and get this BUG as well. I'm on a Dell Inspiron e1505 with of course the Intel Pro Wireless 3945.
I'm now going to try the fix for the kernel 2.6.17-10. Crossing my fingers. -- CPU soft lockup during bootup https://launchpad.net/bugs/63418 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs