[karmic] [Atheros AR5211] ath5k driver connection and performance issues
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
Hardware: Thinkpad T40p, Atheros AR5211
Distro: Intrepid Ibex, fully up to date as of beta release
The wireless connection worked fine in Hardy. On upgrading to Intrepid, it no longer works. wpasupplicant never seems to completely establish a connection. In the GUI, the only visible feedback is that of the two-dot nm-applet icon, only one ever goes green, and the prompt for WPA passphrase re-appears every minute or so.
I did the following: reconfigured the dbus-launched wpasupplicant to debug level 5, "modprobe -r ath5k", start tailing /var/log/syslog and /var/log/
As a datapoint: switching over to the restricted ath_pci driver by doing "modprobe -r ath5k && modprobe ath_pci" allows the connection to work.
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) → nobody |
summary: |
- [intrepid] [Atheros AR5211] ath5k driver inoperative, wpa_supplicant - never completes connection + [karmic] [Atheros AR5211] ath5k driver connection and performance issues |
Same here with iwl3945 driver.
The synthoms are the same, goig well on hardy, unusable in intrepid. I tested kernel 2.6.24 and driver works.
Can you try if your driver work with the hardy kernel?
besides, its strange. with 2.6.27 intrepid kernel some network work, and some not. In my house is not working (WPA2) and in my work is working fine.
Any ideas?
thanks.