I installed the 16.04 HWE option on the problematic HP 6710b, but it has had no effect on the wifi. It did cause a black-screen problem and drm_wait messages, worked around by disabling SVIDEO in grub.
$ uname -rsvp Linux 4.8.0-58-generic #63~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 26 18:08:51 UTC 2017 x86_64 $ dmesg | grep firm [ 3.764045] tg3 0000:18:00.0: VPD access failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update but I have found nothing that looks hopeful. The change of wording from 'vpd r/w' to 'VPD access' follows kernel patch 8385431. I found an HP advisory about the tg3 driver for Proliant servers and a specific el6 kernel, but it doesn't seem applicable here. so still no iwl3945 firmware load. I've tried sudo modprobe -v iwl3945 fw_restart=1, with no apparent effect. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1627828 Title: iwl3945 crashes randomly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1627828/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
