Bug 4309

Summary:	"AR928X Wireless Network Adapter" Wireless/Wifi is broken on kernel-3.2.2 (works fine on 3.2.1-2)
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Shlomi Fish <shlomif>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Thomas Backlund <tmb>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	PATCH, UPSTREAM
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785409
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	kernel-3.2.2-1.mga2.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	The errors in the syslog when running the control centre

Description Shlomi Fish 2012-01-28 09:34:13 CET

Description of problem:

I cannot connect to the wireless/wifi on kernel-3.2.2. I have this card:

<<<
ath9k           : Atheros Communications Inc.|AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:168c device:002a subv:105b subd:e01f) (rev: 01)
>>>

It works fine on kernel-3.2.1-2 (which is what I'm using now).

I have this computer:

<<<
Acer Aspire 5738DZG laptop with the following specs:

    Intel Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4300 @ 2.10GHz. (x86-64).
    ATI Mobility Radeonâ¢ HD 4570 (r700)
    15.6×´ 3D HD LCD Screen.
    3 GB Memory
    320 GB Hard Disk Drive.
    âDVD Super Multi DL driveâ
    Acer Nplifyâ¢ 802.11b/g/n.
>>>

The MCC dialogue for the network centre/center displays fine and shows all wifi connections, but I cannot connect to my home one. 

How reproducible:

Always.

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-01-28 15:08:28 CET

Have you errors in syslog ?

Comment 2 Shlomi Fish 2012-01-29 21:20:44 CET

(In reply to comment #1)
> Have you errors in syslog ?

I'll see if I do and I'll post them soon. They will require a reboot.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

Comment 3 Shlomi Fish 2012-01-31 11:43:26 CET

Created attachment 1471 [details]
The errors in the syslog when running the control centre

These are the errors I'm getting on the syslog with the new kernel.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

Comment 4 Shlomi Fish 2012-01-31 18:24:32 CET

OK, I've now tested it with a vanilla Linux kernel (version 3.2.2) from kernel.org and the same problem happens there. I guess it's a global problem with the kernel. I'll see what I can do about reporting it there.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

Comment 5 Shlomi Fish 2012-01-31 18:42:38 CET

Add the bugzilla.redhat.com URL:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785409

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish.

URL: (none) => https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785409

Comment 6 Manuel Hiebel 2012-01-31 19:08:26 CET

Nice, thanks :)

Keywords: (none) => UPSTREAM
Assignee: bugsquad => tmb

Comment 7 Shlomi Fish 2012-02-04 16:19:28 CET

(In reply to comment #5)
> Add the bugzilla.redhat.com URL:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785409
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- Shlomi Fish.

There's a proposed fix for this problem which works for me with a vanilla kernel from kernel.org. Maybe we should apply it in the Mageia kernel as well:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=559241&action=diff

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-05 10:49:49 CET

Keywords: (none) => PATCH

Comment 8 Shlomi Fish 2012-02-09 21:04:14 CET

Hi all,

(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > Add the bugzilla.redhat.com URL:
> > 
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785409
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > -- Shlomi Fish.
> 
> There's a proposed fix for this problem which works for me with a vanilla
> kernel from kernel.org. Maybe we should apply it in the Mageia kernel as well:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=559241&action=diff
> 

Can this patch be applied? I am now using the vanilla 3.2.5 kernel and I'm having some problems with systemd's "systemctl" command not working properly with the vanilla kernel, while it does with the distribution kernel (which still doesn't have networking). Even after I fix this, I don't know what else would be broken and I'd rather use a distribution kernel.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

> Regards,
> 
> -- Shlomi Fish

Comment 9 Thomas Backlund 2012-02-12 04:21:13 CET

Fixed in kernel-3.2.6-0.rc1.1.mga2 currently building

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 10 Shlomi Fish 2012-02-12 09:27:10 CET

(In reply to comment #9)
> Fixed in kernel-3.2.6-0.rc1.1.mga2 currently building

Thanks for fixing it.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish