I just discovered a workaround, courtesy of bug 656745 comment 0. This is what it said:
in /etc/default/grub change: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=off" and run "sudo update-grub" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368679 Title: wifi module rtl8180 freezes the system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/368679/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
