[acx] 40-bit WEP on a Linksys WPC54Gv2 makes Hardy go wacko

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Ubuntu 8.04.1 (32-bit) fails to connect to a 40-bit WEP network with this card, where it succeeds with all other cards on the same network. Not only that, but it makes the keyboard stop responding. Here is what appears in dmesg, with emphasis on the third line:

[ 118.298779] pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
[ 118.938687] acx: Loaded combined PCI/USB driver, firmware_ver=default
[ 118.938704] acx: compiled to use 32bit I/O access. I/O timing issues might occur, such as non-working firmware upload. Report them
[ 118.938842] PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
[ 118.938862] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[ 118.938880] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
[ 118.938925] acx: found ACX111-based wireless network card at 0000:02:00.0, irq:11, phymem1:0x24020000, phymem2:0x24000000, mem1:0xd0d14000, mem1_size:8192, mem2:0xd0ec0000, mem2_size:131072
[ 118.939963] acx: loading firmware for acx1111 chipset with radio ID 16
[ 119.970846] NVS_vendor_offs:0221 probe_delay:200 eof_memory:1114112
[ 119.970867] CCAModes:04 Diversity:01 ShortPreOpt:01 PBCC:01 ChanAgil:00 PHY:05 Temp:01
[ 119.970874] AntennaID:00 Len:02 Data:01 02
[ 119.970882] PowerLevelID:01 Len:02 Data:001E 000A
[ 119.970890] DataRatesID:02 Len:05 Data:02 04 11 22 44
[ 119.970900] DomainID:03 Len:06 Data:10 20 30 31 32 40
[ 119.970913] ProductID:04 Len:09 Data:TI ACX100
[ 119.970918] ManufacturerID:05 Len:07 Data:TI Test
[ 120.030345] acx: === chipset TNETW1130, radio type 0x16 (Radia), form factor 0x01 ((mini-)PCI / CardBus), EEPROM version 0x05: uploaded firmware 'Rev 1.2.1.34' ===
[ 120.032383] acx v0.3.36: net device wlan0, driver compiled against wireless extensions 22 and Linux 2.6.24-19-generic
[ 120.032472] usbcore: registered new interface driver acx_usb
[ 120.051792] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1
[ 121.061398] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
[ 128.600265] wlan1: tx error 0x20, buf 00! (excessive Tx retries due to either distance too high or unable to Tx or Tx frame error - try changing 'iwconfig txpower XXX' or 'sens'itivity or 'retry')
[ 128.600298] wlan1: tx error 0x20, buf 01! (excessive Tx retries due to either distance too high or unable to Tx or Tx frame error - try changing 'iwconfig txpower XXX' or 'sens'itivity or 'retry')
[ 128.600320] wlan1: tx error 0x20, buf 02! (excessive Tx retries due to either distance too high or unable to Tx or Tx frame error - try changing 'iwconfig txpower XXX' or 'sens'itivity or 'retry')
[ 128.600343] wlan1: several excessive Tx retry errors occurred, attempting to recalibrate radio. Radio drift might be caused by increasing card temperature, please check the card before it's too late!
[ 128.600361] wlan1: tx error 0x20, buf 03! (excessive Tx retries due to either distance too high or unable to Tx or Tx frame error - try changing 'iwconfig txpower XXX' or 'sens'itivity or 'retry')
[ 128.605886] wlan1: recalibrating radio
[ 128.608358] wlan1: successfully recalibrated radio
[ 163.565554] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan1: link becomes ready
[ 164.460646] wlan1: no IPv6 routers present

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Daniel,

Since the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release is actively being worked on, care to confirm if this is still an issue with the latest Alpha for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10. You should be able to test via a LiveCD - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing. Please let us know your results. If this issue still exists, per the kernel team's bug policy, can you please attach the following updated information. Please be sure to attach each file as a separate attachment.

* cat /proc/version_signature > version.log
* dmesg > dmesg.log
* sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log

For more information regarding the kernel team bug policy, please refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies .

Additionally, beginning with the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 development cycle the linux-ubuntu-modules package was actually merged with the linux kernel package. Going forward, bugs that would have been reported against linux-ubuntu-modules should now just be reported against linux. I'll go ahead and add the 'linux' task for this report. However, against linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 this will be closed as it does not qualify for a Stable Release Update - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates . Thanks.

[SqUe (sque)]

I can confirm exactly the same behaviour with a PCI dlink using acx111 driver. When I got connected to my WEP network keyboard froze for a bit, network-manager applet disappeared and after that my keyboard stopped responding periodically or repeated multiple times the key I had pressed.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[David Beiner (david-beiner)]

Hello everyone,

I also have a problem with my WiFi PCMCIA card.

Here are some details:

Laptop: IBM ThinkPad T23 model 2647 (4MG)
WiFi card: ZyXEL G-162 802.11g (chipset TNET1130)
Ubuntu version: 8.10 (kernel 2.6.27-7.16)

The problem is that when I plug in my WiFi card, my computer does not recognize it then freezes completely, I am therefore obliged to restart leaving the power button pressed.

Looking into the log files, I discovered that the following command by the operating system made mistakes (see attached file messages):

"iwconfig txpower XXX"

Hoping you have provided all the necessary information I thank you for your help.

David

[David Beiner (david-beiner)]

I forgot to tell you to look at 10:15pm line in the messages file.

Is the time when the laptop freeze.

Thanks.

David

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Triaged a while ago but has not had any updated comments for quite some time. Please let us know if this issue remains in the current Ubuntu release, http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . If the issue remains, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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