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Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch) wrote on 2010-01-13: Re: [Bug 414560] Re: ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot

#180

Hrm. I haven't run into any such issue yet, and I'm going on two days
of uptime. That said, I did wind up having a nonrelated issue with
the wireless access point here, it apparently does not like running
traffic at full capacity on the WLAN and overheated and I had to fall
back to using wired while it was unplugged. But once it cooled down
and was plugged back in, I was able to get back on again and all was
well…

Anything in your dmesg or /var/log/kern.log or /var/log/daemon.log
that shows any issues with your WLAN under 2.6.32.3?

--- Mike

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Tyrael <email address hidden> wrote:
> With 2.6.32.3 the situation is better but with problems.
> After some hours (8? 10?) I come back to the PC and the connection was lost.
> The ping command that pings every 3 seconds my router was giving:
>
> ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
> ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
> ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
>
> Restarting network-manager and umounting/mounting the module doesn't
> fix the connection.
>
> Marco
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Michael B. Trausch <email address hidden> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Kunal Gangakhedkar
>> <email address hidden> wrote:
>>> On Monday 11 Jan 2010 9:56:47 pm Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>>>> I have 2.6.32.3 installed on Karmic, and my problems with this issue
>>>> have gone away. Would it be of any use to try to bisect the kernel to
>>>> provide a patch here for Karmic, or is someone already working on such a
>>>> thing? (I ask because it is pretty important that I get back to the
>>>> Karmic kernel, because VirtualBox in Karmic does not work with 2.6.32.3,
>>>> and I use it a good amount.)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Slightly off-topic, but you could simply do "sudo service vboxdrv setup"
>>> or "sudo invoke-rc.d vboxdrv setup" to recompile the VBox drivers
>>> after updating the kernel.
>>> This works unless the kernel API is changed drastically.
>>>
>>> I use it all the time.
>>
>> Right, I am aware of how to do that. DKMS is in Ubuntu to make this
>> simpler (thanks, Dell!), since DKMS manages the module builds. The
>> problem is similar to the NVIDIA module problem back with 2.6.28,
>> where the kernel API changed in some way that was never guaranteed to
>> be stable in the first place.
>>
>> I wound up simply updating VBox, but still the core issue here is this:
>>
>> If I bisect the kernel to attempt to isolate a patch that fixes ath9k
>> in Karmic's kernel, will an Ubuntu Kernel Team member take that patch
>> and get it into Ubuntu? If that's not a guaranteed "Yes", I am not
>> going to try, because I have my system working pretty well for me and
>> I am kind of tired of submitting debdiffs and them getting ignored
>> half the time. I don't figure that this will be an easy task, but I
>> am willing to do it *if* I know for sure that it will be of benefit to
>> others.
>>
>> --- Mike
>>
>> --
>> ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414560
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>
> --
> ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414560
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in The Linux Kernel: Fix Released
> Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.31” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I cannot find any rhyme or reason to this, but my
>
> 01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
>
> seems to like to disassociate/reassociate a lot since I started testing karmic as of alpha 4.
>
> A typical dmesg excerpt:
>
> [ 1881.988111] wlan0: no probe response from AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60 - disassociating
> [ 1883.367859] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1883.370161] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1883.370181] wlan0: associate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1883.372802] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:15:e9:13:47:60 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1883.372822] wlan0: associated
> [ 1892.008117] wlan0: no probe response from AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60 - disassociating
> [ 1893.385338] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1893.385521] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1893.388175] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1893.388196] wlan0: associate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1893.391563] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:15:e9:13:47:60 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1893.391585] wlan0: associated
> [ 1926.988135] wlan0: no probe response from AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60 - disassociating
> [ 1928.365306] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1928.367426] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1928.367442] wlan0: associate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1928.370948] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:15:e9:13:47:60 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1928.370969] wlan0: associated
> [ 1966.988114] wlan0: no probe response from AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60 - disassociating
> [ 1968.366568] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1968.368624] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1968.368643] wlan0: associate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1968.371872] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:15:e9:13:47:60 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1968.371893] wlan0: associated
>
> Performance drops significantly when this starts going on. At times it becomes impossible to look up hosts, etc. Other times, it will run fine for hours on end.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> AplayDevices:
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: matt 3290 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7eb8000 irq 16'
> Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269'
> Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,1043834a,00100004'
> Controls : 12
> Simple ctrls : 7
> Date: Sun Aug 16 17:15:46 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1000HE
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-5-generic 2.6.31-5.24
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-5-generic root=UUID=564b6024-8d7a-4d50-8410-563167a8756a ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-5-generic N/A
> linux-firmware 1.15
> SourcePackage: linux
> Tags: ubuntu-unr
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 1002
> dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.board.name: 1000HE
> dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
> dmi.board.version: x.xx
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
> dmi.chassis.version: x.x
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1002:bd07/23/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1000HE:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1000HE:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
> dmi.product.name: 1000HE
> dmi.product.version: x.x
> dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/414560/+subscribe
>

Hrm.  I haven't run into any such issue yet, and I'm going on two days
of uptime.  That said, I did wind up having a nonrelated issue with
the wireless access point here, it apparently does not like running
traffic at full capacity on the WLAN and overheated and I had to fall
back to using wired while it was unplugged.  But once it cooled down
and was plugged back in, I was able to get back on again and all was
well…

Anything in your dmesg or /var/log/kern.log or /var/log/daemon.log
that shows any issues with your WLAN under 2.6.32.3?

--- Mike

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Tyrael <marco.crociani@gmail.com> wrote:
> With 2.6.32.3 the situation is better but with problems.
> After some hours (8? 10?) I come back to the PC and the connection was lost.
> The ping command that pings every 3 seconds my router was giving:
>
> ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
> ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
> ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
>
> Restarting network-manager and umounting/mounting the module doesn't
> fix the connection.
>
> Marco
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Michael B. Trausch <mike@trausch.us> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Kunal Gangakhedkar
>> <kunal.gangakhedkar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Monday 11 Jan 2010 9:56:47 pm Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>>>> I have 2.6.32.3 installed on Karmic, and my problems with this issue
>>>> have gone away.  Would it be of any use to try to bisect the kernel to
>>>> provide a patch here for Karmic, or is someone already working on such a
>>>> thing?  (I ask because it is pretty important that I get back to the
>>>> Karmic kernel, because VirtualBox in Karmic does not work with 2.6.32.3,
>>>> and I use it a good amount.)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Slightly off-topic, but you could simply do "sudo service vboxdrv setup"
>>> or "sudo invoke-rc.d vboxdrv setup" to recompile the VBox drivers
>>> after updating the kernel.
>>> This works unless the kernel API is changed drastically.
>>>
>>> I use it all the time.
>>
>> Right, I am aware of how to do that. DKMS is in Ubuntu to make this
>> simpler (thanks, Dell!), since DKMS manages the module builds.  The
>> problem is similar to the NVIDIA module problem back with 2.6.28,
>> where the kernel API changed in some way that was never guaranteed to
>> be stable in the first place.
>>
>> I wound up simply updating VBox, but still the core issue here is this:
>>
>> If I bisect the kernel to attempt to isolate a patch that fixes ath9k
>> in Karmic's kernel, will an Ubuntu Kernel Team member take that patch
>> and get it into Ubuntu?  If that's not a guaranteed "Yes", I am not
>> going to try, because I have my system working pretty well for me and
>> I am kind of tired of submitting debdiffs and them getting ignored
>> half the time.  I don't figure that this will be an easy task, but I
>> am willing to do it *if* I know for sure that it will be of benefit to
>> others.
>>
>>   --- Mike
>>
>> --
>> ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414560
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>
> --
> ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414560
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in The Linux Kernel: Fix Released
> Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.31” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I cannot find any rhyme or reason to this, but my
>
> 01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
>
> seems to like to disassociate/reassociate a lot since I started testing karmic as of alpha 4.
>
> A typical dmesg excerpt:
>
> [ 1881.988111] wlan0: no probe response from AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60 - disassociating
> [ 1883.367859] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1883.370161] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1883.370181] wlan0: associate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1883.372802] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:15:e9:13:47:60 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1883.372822] wlan0: associated
> [ 1892.008117] wlan0: no probe response from AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60 - disassociating
> [ 1893.385338] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1893.385521] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1893.388175] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1893.388196] wlan0: associate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1893.391563] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:15:e9:13:47:60 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1893.391585] wlan0: associated
> [ 1926.988135] wlan0: no probe response from AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60 - disassociating
> [ 1928.365306] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1928.367426] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1928.367442] wlan0: associate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1928.370948] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:15:e9:13:47:60 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1928.370969] wlan0: associated
> [ 1966.988114] wlan0: no probe response from AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60 - disassociating
> [ 1968.366568] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1968.368624] wlan0: authenticated
> [ 1968.368643] wlan0: associate with AP 00:15:e9:13:47:60
> [ 1968.371872] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:15:e9:13:47:60 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
> [ 1968.371893] wlan0: associated
>
> Performance drops significantly when this starts going on.  At times it becomes impossible to look up hosts, etc.  Other times, it will run fine for hours on end.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> AplayDevices:
>  **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>  card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
>  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>  card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>  /dev/snd/controlC0:  matt       3290 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
>  Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7eb8000 irq 16'
>   Mixer name   : 'Realtek ALC269'
>   Components   : 'HDA:10ec0269,1043834a,00100004'
>   Controls      : 12
>   Simple ctrls  : 7
> Date: Sun Aug 16 17:15:46 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1000HE
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-5-generic 2.6.31-5.24
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-5-generic root=UUID=564b6024-8d7a-4d50-8410-563167a8756a ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  PATH=(custom, no user)
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-5-generic N/A
>  linux-firmware 1.15
> SourcePackage: linux
> Tags:  ubuntu-unr
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 1002
> dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.board.name: 1000HE
> dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
> dmi.board.version: x.xx
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
> dmi.chassis.version: x.x
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1002:bd07/23/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1000HE:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1000HE:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
> dmi.product.name: 1000HE
> dmi.product.version: x.x
> dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/414560/+subscribe
>