BCM4328 driver regression 2.6.24-24

[JClift]

My wireless connection has dropped considerably since the latest package has been installed.(26.24.24)

Using a broadcaom bcm4328 a/b/g/n card, I'm now finding a) the speed severely throttled; b) the appearance of "eth1" (although it is wireless the label is still not right) dropping between idle and send and receive, i do appear to be online , but speed performance is severely affected.

Please help.

Thanks,

Joy

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 404958

This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Bear in mind that you may need to install the python-launchpadlib package from the universe repository. Additionally, when prompted to give apport-collect permissions for Launchpad you will need to give it at least the ability to "Change Non-Private" data as it will be adding information to your bug report. Thanks in advance!

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[JClift (jclift26)]

Hi there,
inal
I'm unable to run apport-collect from terminal as I'm in Hardy unless I'm wrong I can't run this ...?Could you suggest another method I could give you the details?

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Then please include the following additional information (pay attention to lspci's additional options), as required by the Ubuntu Kernel Team:

1. Please include the output of the command "uname -a" in your next response. It should be one, long line of text which includes the exact kernel version you're running, as well as the CPU architecture.
2. Please run the command "dmesg > dmesg.log" after a fresh boot and attach the resulting file "dmesg.log" to this bug report.
3. Please run the command "sudo lspci -vnvn > lspci-vnvn.log" and attach the resulting file "lspci-vnvn.log" to this bug report.

For your reference, the full description of procedures for kernel-related bug reports is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies. Thanks in advance!

[JClift (jclift26)]

Here you go:

.6.24-24-generic #1 SMP Tue Jul 7 19:46:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

dmesg and lspci attached

[maximilianhauser (maximilianhauser)]

Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: maximilian 2120 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xf2480000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20549 (Venice)'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15045,103c30cf,00100100'
   Controls : 19
   Simple ctrls : 9
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8335ad2c-c30a-472d-b039-c81175f80141
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b023 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Gateway USB 2.0 Webcam
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook PC
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=ffba18b4-a985-4df8-848d-e885dccca334 ro quiet nosplash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-11-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.20
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin mythtv plugdev sambashare video
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 11/24/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.31
dmi.board.name: 30DA
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 85.26
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.31:bd11/24/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv9500NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30DA:rvr85.26:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[maximilianhauser (maximilianhauser)]

ping times when the network is idle. The Router is a FritzBox 7270. The same problem occours when i disable the draft-n mode.

thanks

[chris (mynameischrisandimcoolerthanyou)]

Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: chris 1765 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xd2500000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,103c3045,00100003 HDA:10573055,103c3045,00100700'
   Controls : 15
   Simple ctrls : 12
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=50468314-17d1-472f-b63c-ec8ef98d1f6f
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=734aac78-91b2-4552-8d1b-0f264122ecd5 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.24
RfKill:

Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 02/17/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.12
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 3045
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 16.09
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.12:bd02/17/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPTouchSmarttx2NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn3045:rvr16.09:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi JClift,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 404958

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[JClift (jclift26)]

Hi there. Was still present in hardy up until yesterday. good news is I did an upgrade to to Lucid and now listed as wireless., no dropping either.