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network-manager package

ThinkPad R61i with AR5212: Connection Drops After a Few Minutes

Bug #291848 reported by J.P. on 2008-10-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #259157: [MASTER 0.7 regression] atheros/madwifi and orinoco drivers not supported. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	network-manager (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager

On a ThinkPad R61i with a built-in AR5212 card running Ibex with the latest kernel 2.6.27-7-generic, Network Manager drops the connection with my WAP after every few minutes, especially when the system goes idle. I am prompted for the WAP passphrase; I dismiss the dialog with OK. NM then fails to connect, requiring manually selecting the WAP from the list in the applet. This wasn't an issue in Gutsy or Hardy.

Running dmesg shows multiple lines of:
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ath0: link becomes ready

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote on 2008-10-31:

please reproduce and attach your complete /var/log/syslog. Thanks.

Changed in network-manager:
status:	New → Incomplete

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J.P. (mackdieselx27) wrote on 2008-10-31:

syslog Edit (316.4 KiB, text/plain)

Alexander Sack (asac) on 2008-11-01

Changed in network-manager:
status:	Incomplete → Triaged

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J.P. (mackdieselx27) wrote on 2008-11-01:

I installed linux-backport-modules as suggested in the other bug reports linked to #259157 and in the UF. This seems to have 'fixed' the issue for now.