Comment 1 for bug 82444

an update:

I have noticed that if I remove power to the device (Fn+F2) and then load the module, it loads fine:

 ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <email address hidden>
[17180263.268000] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmprq
[17180263.268000] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[17180263.268000] Driver 'ipw2200' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[17180263.268000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
[17180263.268000] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[17180263.432000] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[17180263.432000] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
[17180263.432000] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
[17180263.460000] eth1: NETDEV_TX_BUSY returned; driver should report queue full via ieee_device->is_queue_full.

However, ever after I turn it back on, it can't find any networks around me...

In addition, when it doesn't start I now get this (dmesg instead of /var/log/messages):

[17180366.684000] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
[17180366.688000] ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
[17180366.688000] ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <email address hidden>
[17180366.692000] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmprq
[17180366.692000] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[17180366.692000] Driver 'ipw2200' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[17180366.692000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
[17180366.692000] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[17180367.852000] ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out.
[17180368.972000] ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out.
[17180370.092000] ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out.
[17180371.212000] ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out.
[17180372.332000] ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out.
[17180372.332000] ipw2200: Unable to initialize device after 5 attempts.
[17180372.332000] ipw2200: failed to register network device
[17180372.332000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:03.0 disabled
[17180372.332000] ipw2200: probe of 0000:03:03.0 failed with error -5