ath5k wifi fails with EEPROM checksum

[Rodrigo Rivas Costa]

Under karmic, after upgrading to 2.6.31-18-generic my laptop wifi stopped working. It is an Atheros G5005

$ lspci
06:02.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC [168c:001a] (rev 01)

$ syslog
kernel: [ 18.376400] ath5k 0000:06:02.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
kernel: [ 18.376413] alloc irq_desc for 22 on node -1
kernel: [ 18.376416] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
kernel: [ 18.376426] ath5k 0000:06:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
kernel: [ 18.376489] ath5k 0000:06:02.0: registered as 'phy0'
kernel: [ 18.863167] ath5k phy0: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0xe849
kernel: [ 18.863171] ath5k phy0: unable to init EEPROM
kernel: [ 18.863190] ath5k 0000:06:02.0: PCI INT A disabled
kernel: [ 18.864155] ath5k: probe of 0000:06:02.0 failed with error -5

With the 2.6.31-16-generic it worked fine.

[^_Pepe_^ (jose-angel-fernandez-freire)]

Hi,

Please, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) while running Karmic. It
will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 506190

Thanks in advance

[James Vandenberg (basalisk)]

Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: james 1829 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xb0000000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1025009f,00100002 HDA:14f12bfa,1025009f,00090000'
   Controls : 23
   Simple ctrls : 13
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=6f91b008-a313-473b-9d8c-8934e1a07ba8
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 5986:0100 Acer, Inc Orbicam
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5100
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=c21ae653-c7c6-4753-8740-1cf756f0bc6b ro xforcevesa quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-18.55-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-18-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.26
RfKill:
 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-18-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare video
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 05/16/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V3.05A
dmi.board.name: Navarro
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV3.05A:bd05/16/2007:svnAcer:pnAspire5100:pvrV3.05A:rvnAcer:rnNavarro:rvrN/A:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5100
dmi.product.version: V3.05A
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer