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Joseph,
Is there a way to do that on a live USB stick ?
I was running saucy from such media.

For what it's worth, there is a workaround the issue: add vmalloc=160M
to the linux command line.

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Title:
  vmalloc failure on Lenovo W520 with Ubuntu 13.04 32b

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Booting Ubuntu 13.04 32bit on a Lenovo W520, I get no wifi at startup.
  Network manager shows only Wired, Broadband and VPN.

  In dmesg, I see multiple instances of "vmalloc allocation failure".
  See attached dmesg-w520-3.8.0-25-generic.txt

  One of them happens at loading of iwlwifi (which may explain the lack
  of wifi).

  The only workaround I found was to stick with the 12.10 kernel (3.5).
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  osm        2342 F.... pulseaudio
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a54e9178-f18d-477a-a32e-894e28298021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-06 (223 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
  IwConfig:
   wwan0     no wireless extensions.
   
   lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   eth1      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: LENOVO 428449G
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB:
   0 nouveaufb
   1 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-25-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg_wolfgang-lv_root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-25-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-25-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.106
  Tags:  raring
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-13 (35 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare staff sudo vboxusers wireshark
  dmi.bios.date: 07/06/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 8BET58WW (1.38 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 428449G
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8BET58WW(1.38):bd07/06/2012:svnLENOVO:pn428449G:pvrThinkPadW520:rvnLENOVO:rn428449G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 428449G
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W520
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  ubuntu     4959 F.... pulseaudio
  CasperVersion: 1.336
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130820)
  MachineType: LENOVO 428449G
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper  quiet splash -- persistent BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-2.5-generic 3.11.0-rc5
  PulseList:
   Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
   No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-2-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-2-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.113
  Tags:  saucy
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-2-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:
   
  dmi.bios.date: 07/06/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 8BET58WW (1.38 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 428449G
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8BET58WW(1.38):bd07/06/2012:svnLENOVO:pn428449G:pvrThinkPadW520:rvnLENOVO:rn428449G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 428449G
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W520
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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