Sometimes ar9170usb based card disconnect and lock

[Daniele Napolitano]

Sometimes my Atheros based USB wireless card disconnect from the access point. All another cards (like card of my laptop) connected don't disconnect. For reconnect I must disconnect USB card and reconnect. There aren't any other method for connect. Seems hardware locked.

I remember that this did not happen before Karmic.

USB card:
0846:9001 NetGear, Inc. WN111(v2) RangeMax Next Wireless [Atheros AR9001U-(2)NG])

This is the time line of commands and kernel logs.

Here at disconnect.

[ 800.904028] No probe response from AP 00:22:3f:51:31:44 after 500ms, disconnecting.
[ 803.309587] wlan1: direct probe to AP 00:22:3f:51:31:44 (try 1)
[ 803.508033] wlan1: direct probe to AP 00:22:3f:51:31:44 (try 2)
[ 803.708037] wlan1: direct probe to AP 00:22:3f:51:31:44 (try 3)
[ 803.908149] wlan1: direct probe to AP 00:22:3f:51:31:44 timed out

$ sudo modprobe -r ar9170usb

[ 973.057506] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ar9170usb
[ 973.296985] usb 1-2: kill pending tx urbs.

$ sudo modprobe ar9170usb

[ 1011.492077] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 1011.536705] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 1011.536712] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 1011.536717] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 1011.536721] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 1011.536725] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 1011.536729] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 1011.536732] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 1011.688042] usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1012.824039] usb 1-2: firmware: requesting ar9170.fw
[ 1013.982689] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[ 1013.982695] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[ 1013.982698] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 1013.982702] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[ 1013.982705] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[ 1013.982708] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[ 1013.994575] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
[ 1013.995549] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
[ 1013.997790] Registered led device: ar9170-phy0::tx
[ 1013.997827] Registered led device: ar9170-phy0::assoc
[ 1013.997832] usb 1-2: Atheros AR9170 is registered as 'phy0'
[ 1013.997871] usbcore: registered new interface driver ar9170usb
[ 1014.029024] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US
[ 1014.029032] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 1014.029037] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
[ 1014.029041] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm)
[ 1014.029045] (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 1014.029049] (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 1014.029053] (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 1014.029057] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
[ 1014.046690] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1

$ sudo ifconfig wlan1 down

[ 1073.361041] usb 1-2: kill pending tx urbs.

Here with "sudo iwlist scan" don't find any network. I must disconnect and reconnect USB card.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-21-generic 2.6.32-21.31
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.31-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: dnax 1395 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Nessun file o directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'CMI8738'/'C-Media CMI8738 (model 39) at 0xa800, irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'CMedia PCI'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 41
   Simple ctrls : 22
Date: Mon May 10 14:46:24 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=02b6d7b7-d9f5-46a7-97bf-e61a26afb79d
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: System Manufacturer System Name
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=643d3fdd-0f4b-40ff-b7f1-3c8779afd263 ro ipv6.disable=1 quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
RfKill:
 2: phy1: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 09/24/2002
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: ASUS P4B533-M ACPI BIOS Revision 1010
dmi.board.name: P4B533-M
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: REV 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftware,Inc.:bvrASUSP4B533-MACPIBIOSRevision1010:bd09/24/2002:svnSystemManufacturer:pnSystemName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP4B533-M:rvrREV1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct7:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System Manufacturer

[Linas Jakucionis (linasj)]

This is happening with my NetGear WN111 (v2) USB card.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Daniele,

If you could also please 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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[Daniele Napolitano (dnax88)]

I've installed kernel 2.6.34-020634rc7-generic.

Now monitors the situation. Then if it happens again, I'll reopen the bug.

[Daniele Napolitano (dnax88)]

This bug is confirmed with kernel 2.6.34-020634rc7.