Comment 10 for bug 362985

Sorry, that could have been more clear.

My first instinct was to build compat-wireless (from linuxwireless.org) in
attempt to resolve the aforementioned problem. Unfortunately,
compat-wireless itself did not help at all, so I uninstalled it and then
installed lbm, which did indeed fix it.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <email address hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Alex <email address hidden> wrote:
> > In this case, lbm resolves the issues while compat-wireless does not.
> > Strange but true.
>
> Huh? Keep in mind if you use compat-wireless and have lbm installed
> lbm might be picked up first. It depends on /etc/depmod.d/* files. If
> updates is first than where the ath9k from lbm comes in then updates
> will be prefered otherwise lbm will be picked.
>
> Also keep in mind lbm uses compat-wireless.
>
> Luis
>
> --
> MacBook Pro 3.1 Very Weak Wireless Performance Using Jaunty (Intrepid Works
> Fine)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362985
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>
> Status in Mactel Support: New
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
>
> I updated to jaunty yesterday and want to report on wifi problems. running
> newer atheros chips with ubuntu was always difficult but IMO intrepid and
> ath9k solved these kind of issues more or less. surprisingly they are back
> in jaunty (rc1) now. my connection is very weak which especially affects
> surfing, in fact you always have to reload a page several times to get it
> working. the connection always stops for some seconds (!) before it works
> again, see ping example below. maybe this corresponds to the comment on
> another bug:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/342802/comments/5(however in my case it only disconnects very rarely).
>
> ping example:
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=175 ttl=250 time=42.7
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=176 ttl=250 time=39.2
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=177 ttl=250 time=42.5
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=221 ttl=250 time=5413
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=222 ttl=250 time=4414
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=223 ttl=250 time=3407
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=224 ttl=250 time=2407
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=225 ttl=250 time=1409
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=226 ttl=250 time=403
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=227 ttl=250 time=42.5
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=228 ttl=250 time=41.6
> ms
> 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=229 ttl=250 time=42.0
> ms
>
> i was using ndiswrapper in 8.04 but ath9k since 8.10.
>
> modprobe wl results in:
> ...@simbox:~$ sudo modprobe wl
> WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will
> be ignored in a future release.
> WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it
> will be ignored in a future release.
> WARNING: All config files need .conf:
> /etc/modprobe.d/mactel-support-srosa-sound-fix, it will be ignored in a
> future release.
> WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat, it will
> be ignored in a future release.
> WARNING: All config files need .conf:
> /etc/modprobe.d/mactel-support-fnmode-fix, it will be ignored in a future
> release.
>
> lscpi:
> 0b:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless
> Network Adapter (rev 01)
>
> dmesg:
> ...
> [ 16.911078] ath9k: 0.1
> [ 16.911120] ath9k 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ
> 16
> [ 16.911131] ath9k 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [ 17.038580] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
> [ 17.077654] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0:radio
> [ 17.077670] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0:assoc
> [ 17.077682] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0:tx
> [ 17.077696] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0:rx
> [ 17.078037] phy0: Atheros 5416: mem=0xffffc200043c0000, irq=16
> ...
>
>
> anyway, thanks for jaunty and for putting so much work in to linux making
> it a great alternative.
>