Latest kernel update now wireless has stopped working

[YouCanToo]

After updating to the latest kernel as per the posted suggestion my Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC no longer works. If I drop back to the 2.6.37.4-pclos1.a64 kernel it works just fine.

[Mac]

Please be advised if you are running a kernel older than what was present on our 2010.12 (2.6.33.7) release then it is time to install an updated kernel. Failure to do so can result in possible boot failures on an upgraded system.

No need to update, you were using a newer kernel than 2.6.33.7.

[YouCanToo]

I was using the 2.6.38.8.bfs kernel that was posted about in this post by Texstar  http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,92863.0.html

I am using the 2.6.88.8.bfs on all of my other machines, but this laptop is just not happy with it.

[muungwana]

are you reporting a problem looking for a solution or are you just reporting a problem for kernel maintainers to be aware of?

you will have to do a bit more than "it now doesnt work" in your report

where exactly does it not work, the card is simply not noticed, it is noticed but a connection attempt errors out, what error are you getting if this so, you can connect but you cant go online or?

[AndrzejL]

What module is modprobed? Is it ath_pci or ath5k? I use exactly the same card with kernel 38.8 bfs but I have blacklisted ath_pci and modprobe.preload ath5k then removed the connection via PCC and recreated it using drakconnect. Works as a charm.

Run:

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lsmod | grep ath
to check which module is loaded. If it says ath_pci then try this:

Edit /etc/modprobe.preload as root and check is there ath_pci line in it. If so - remove it. If not just add ath5k as a last line.

Also Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist as root and check is there blacklist ath5k line in it. If so - remove it. If not just add blacklist ath_pci as a last line.

Now go to PCLinuxOS Control Center > Network and Internet > Remove Connection and remove the wireless connection.

Now reboot.

After that open terminal and type in drakconnect and follow the wizard. You should be online soon.

Machine nr 2: http://sparewotw.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/what-are-you-running-pclinuxos-on/

WIFI: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)

Hope this helps.

Andy

[YouCanToo]

are you reporting a problem looking for a solution or are you just reporting a problem for kernel maintainers to be aware of?

you will have to do a bit more than "it now doesnt work" in your report

where exactly does it not work, the card is simply not noticed, it is noticed but a connection attempt errors out, what error are you getting if this so, you can connect but you cant go online or?

Sorry,

 It simply is not even seen. I am going to try AndrzejL's suggestion before going any further

[bicol_willem]

I was using the 2.6.38.8.bfs kernel that was posted about in this post by Texstar  http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,92863.0.html

I am using the 2.6.88.8.bfs on all of my other machines, but this laptop is just not happy with it.

Hmm, my son is using a laptop with the same atheros card and updating to 2.6.38.8.bfs showed the same simptomes as the OP posted. had little time to look at it further but solved it quickly with choosing a Windows driver (ndiswrapper)

[YouCanToo]

What module is modprobed? Is it ath_pci or ath5k? I use exactly the same card with kernel 38.8 bfs but I have blacklisted ath_pci and modprobe.preload ath5k then removed the connection via PCC and recreated it using drakconnect. Works as a charm.

Run:

Code: [Select]

lsmod | grep ath
to check which module is loaded. If it says ath_pci then try this:

Edit /etc/modprobe.preload as root and check is there ath_pci line in it. If so - remove it. If not just add ath5k as a last line.

Also Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist as root and check is there blacklist ath5k line in it. If so - remove it. If not just add blacklist ath_pci as a last line.

Now go to PCLinuxOS Control Center > Network and Internet > Remove Connection and remove the wireless connection.

Now reboot.

After that open terminal and type in drakconnect and follow the wizard. You should be online soon.

Machine nr 2: http://andrzejl.no-ip.org:10101/wordpress/2011/03/11/what-are-you-running-pclinuxos-on/

WIFI: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)

Hope this helps.

Andy

Thanks for your post. I followed it and I have got further than anything else that I have tried.  This time It does see the wireless card  and  it ask for the network that I want to use. Once I choose the network and try to connect to it it say waiting to connect and than fails.  In the console window that I ran drakconnect in I see

No protocol specified
Failed to create host name resolver: Invalid host name
run-parts: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/hostname.d/avahi exited with a return code 1

For what it is worth I did not fill in the host name during the setup.I am using the dynamic/automatic setup. I left it with the default of "localhost.localdomain"

[YouCanToo]

I was using the 2.6.38.8.bfs kernel that was posted about in this post by Texstar  http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,92863.0.html

I am using the 2.6.88.8.bfs on all of my other machines, but this laptop is just not happy with it.

Hmm, my son is using a laptop with the same atheros card and updating to 2.6.38.8.bfs showed the same symptoms as the OP posted. had little time to look at it further but solved it quickly with choosing a Windows driver (ndiswrapper)

I would rather not have to use the ndiswrapper if I absolutely DO NOT have to.  Perhaps I should go search and see about finding the Windows drivers just in case I have to go that way though.

[muungwana]

are you trying to connect to an WEP or WPA or to an open access point?

do the following

1. open the terminal, log in as root
2. try to connect to the access point
3. run this command when it fail and post its output here: tail -n 20 /var/log/syslog

[YouCanToo]

are you trying to connect to an WEP or WPA or to an open access point?

To simplify the issue going on I have turned off security. It is running open.

do the following

1. open the terminal, log in as root
2. try to connect to the access point
3. run this command when it fail and post its output here: tail -n 20 /var/log/syslog

here are the results

[root@laptop dwmoar]# tail -n 20 /var/log/syslog
May 30 13:27:01 laptop snmpd[2698]: Received TERM or STOP signal...  shutting down...
May 30 13:27:03 laptop acpid: exiting
May 30 13:27:03 laptop ifplugd(eth0)[2220]: Exiting.
May 30 13:27:04 laptop ifplugd(wlan0)[31425]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action wlan0 down'.
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd: wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:18:84:10:03:aa by local choice (reason=3)
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd: cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd: cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd:     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd:     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd:     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm)
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd:     (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd:     (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd:     (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd:     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
May 30 13:27:04 laptop ifplugd(wlan0)[31425]: Program executed successfully.
May 30 13:27:04 laptop ifplugd(wlan0)[31425]: Exiting.
May 30 13:27:05 laptop klogd: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
May 30 13:27:05 laptop klogd: Kernel log daemon terminating.
May 30 13:27:06 laptop exiting on signal 15
[root@laptop dwmoar]#

[muungwana]

can you increase the output to 50 by running this command?

tail -n 50 /var/log/syslog

put your output in the "code" tag for easy readability

There is one line there that says the interface disconnected by choice, maybe there is something above that caused it to do that

[AndrzejL]

Are You using WEP?

If yes - check if this helps.

Also what does iwconfig says after it failed to connect to the accesspoint.

Did You tried to restart Your router?

Here are some of the outputs on the working setup:

[andrzejl@wishmasbell ~]$ ssh wishmasdell
Last login: Sun Jun 19 11:22:05 2011
[andrzejl@wishmasdell ~]$ lspci | grep thero
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)
[andrzejl@wishmasdell ~]$ lsmod | grep ath
ath5k                 129342  0
ath                    11547  1 ath5k
mac80211              189461  1 ath5k
cfg80211              126787  3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
[andrzejl@wishmasdell ~]$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"PCLinuxOS_Forever"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:18:39:A0:DB:3E
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=69/70  Signal level=-41 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:15  Invalid misc:1142   Missed beacon:0

[andrzejl@wishmasdell ~]$

Btw:

May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd: wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:18:84:10:03:aa by local choice (reason=3)

This sounds like a bad passcode or a problem with authentication between router and card...

Regards.

Andy

[YouCanToo]

can you increase the output to 50 by running this command?

tail -n 50 /var/log/syslog

put your output in the "code" tag for easy readability

There is one line there that says the interface disconnected by choice, maybe there is something above that caused it to do that

I will post that information later tonight when I play with the system again.

[YouCanToo]

Are You using WEP?

No I have shut off all the security. It is far easier to trouble shoote with out the extra layer that security adds.

If yes - check if this helps.

Also what does iwconfig says after it failed to connect to the accesspoint.

Did You tried to restart Your router?

Yes, I did try that, still ended with the same results

Here are some of the outputs on the working setup:

[andrzejl@wishmasbell ~]$ ssh wishmasdell
Last login: Sun Jun 19 11:22:05 2011
[andrzejl@wishmasdell ~]$ lspci | grep thero
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)
[andrzejl@wishmasdell ~]$ lsmod | grep ath
ath5k                 129342  0
ath                    11547  1 ath5k
mac80211              189461  1 ath5k
cfg80211              126787  3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
[andrzejl@wishmasdell ~]$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"PCLinuxOS_Forever"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:18:39:A0:DB:3E
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=69/70  Signal level=-41 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:15  Invalid misc:1142   Missed beacon:0

[andrzejl@wishmasdell ~]$

Btw:

May 30 13:27:04 laptop klogd: wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:18:84:10:03:aa by local choice (reason=3)

This sounds like a bad passcode or a problem with authentication between router and card...

Regards.

Andy

How would the changing of the kernel affect or change the passcode/authentication. Better yet, how would it change it back to work when I fall back to the prior kernel.  The wireless is working perfect with the 2.6.37.4-pclos1.a64 kernel.

I will post more information later tonight when I get to play with the machine again.