Comment 12 for bug 435141

Same problem here with Atheros. General kernel wifi breakeage?

leleobhz@astra:~$ sudo wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -cwireless_astolfonet.conf
[sudo] password for leleobhz:
CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
Trying to associate with 00:25:9c:1c:76:01 (SSID='astolfonet' freq=2412 MHz)
Association request to the driver failed
Associated with 00:25:9c:1c:76:01
WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Device or resource busy
Failed to initiate AP scan.
^CCTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received
leleobhz@astra:~$ vi wireless_astolfonet.conf
leleobhz@astra:~$ sudo wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -cwireless_astolfonet.conf
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down
ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Network is down
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Network is down
Failed to initiate AP scan.
ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Network is down
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Network is down
Failed to initiate AP scan.
^CCTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received
leleobhz@astra:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Erro desconhecido 132
leleobhz@astra:~$ sudo wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -cwireless_astolfonet.conf
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
Failed to initialize driver interface
leleobhz@astra:~$ lspci | grep Ether
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
06:06.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
leleobhz@astra:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
leleobhz@astra:~$ rfkill unblock 0
Can't open RFKILL control device: Permission denied
leleobhz@astra:~$ sudo rfkill unblock 0
leleobhz@astra:~$ rfkill unblock 0
Can't open RFKILL control device: Permission denied
leleobhz@astra:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
leleobhz@astra:~$

And dmesg:

[ 6509.499989] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:25:9c:1c:76:01
[ 6509.502140] wlan0: authenticated
[ 6509.502144] wlan0: associate with AP 00:25:9c:1c:76:01
[ 6509.504201] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:25:9c:1c:76:01 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 6509.504206] wlan0: associated
[ 6509.505255] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 6509.513635] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
[ 6533.213379] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 6533.213413] wlan0: deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)