RT73 wireless stops working

[markus haider]

This bug is similar to bug #134660 in Hardy. In Hardy I installed the backports, and that solved my problem.

Now I am testing the 8.10 release candidate, and found out, that sometimes my wifi connection breaks down after some time. My wifi-dongle has an rt73 chip.

Here the dmesg excerpt:
[ 386.898504] phy0 -> rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error - Arrived at non-free entry in the non-full queue 2.
[ 386.898507] Please file bug report to http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Markus,

Per the kernel team's bug policy, can you please attach the following 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 .

I'm assuming though that your device uses the rt73usb driver? If so, you may want to try installing the linux-backports-modules package for Intrepid as has pulled in an updated wireless stack from upstream:

linux-backports-modules-2.6.27 (2.6.27-7.3) intrepid; urgency=low

  [Tim Gardner]

  * Added iwlwifi firmware
  * Added the upstream compat-wireless-2.6 tree.
  * Updated compat-wireless to wireless-testing tag master-2008-10-14
  * Set CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY=y by default.

Please let us know your results. Thanks.

[markus haider (markus.haider)]

Hi Leann,

I'll try to reproduce the error after work, and attach the requested files.

My device uses the rt73usb driver. The error occurred, when I was downloading a huge file via http and was surfing at the same time. But I have to say, that I only experienced this problem twice. I have been surfing for several hours without experiencing any problem.

[markus haider (markus.haider)]

Here the requested files

[markus haider (markus.haider)]

After the error occured I unplugged and replugged my wifi-usb stick, and internet was working fine again.

[markus haider (markus.haider)]

After the error occurred I unplugged and replugged my wifi-usb stick, and internet was working fine again.

[Stuart Bishop (stub)]

I suspect this is a duplicate of Bug #283759. Changing status from Incomplete as requested information has been provided.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Markus,

Just curious if you saw the error with or without linux-backports-modules-intrepid installed? Thanks.

[markus haider (markus.haider)]

Without.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Markus,

This looks like a duplicate of bug 291697 so I'm marking it as such for now. I'd specifically point you to read the comment I posted there:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/291697/comments/2

Please continue to follow up with this issue at that bug report. Thanks.