The stability and signal strenght of athk5 driver for my laptops wireless is bad if I compare to 3.2 kernel that Kubuntu 12.04. I have Kubuntu 12.04 on my usb and it is much faster internet connection and stable. uname -r : 3.3.6-desktop586-2.mga2 lspci -nnn | grep Ethernet: 00:14.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller [10de:0269] (rev a3) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01) rfkill list all: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no I have tried disable IPv6 and also created /etc/modprobe.d/ath5k.conf. In ath5k.conf I did put options ath5k nohwcrypt=1. Did also not help. I will be really glad if we can have kernel 3.2 in Mageia 2 repo or newer kernel then 3.3.6. Now the internet speed is terrible. I hope this information is good enough. If you guys want I can look up which kernel version Kubuntu 12.04 have in there liveusb/livecd. Thanks
Can you try the vanilla kernel aka kernel-linus to see if it's better ?
(In reply to comment #1) > Can you try the vanilla kernel aka kernel-linus to see if it's better ? Exactly which package should I install? I do not want to make any thing wrong.
The speed and stability is perfect with kernel-linus-3.3.6-1mga2 when I use the wifi. How can I know make kernel-linux-3.6.6-1mga2 work with nvidia drivers? Because it is now using nouveau instead. Do I need to install dkms-nvidia-current to make it work with kernel-linus-3.3.6-1mga2?
Okey now I have made more tests. This is not a kernel related issue, of what I understand. When I use nouveau instead of nvidia drivers for both kernel-linus and kernel-desktop586 my wifi speed and stability is the same. It is good with other words. When I instead use nvidia drivers no matter which kernel of does the wifi speed/stability is bad. Should I make new bug topic with the latest nvidia kernel and my wifi speed/stability? Because I really want to use nvidia drivers and have good wifi speed/stability.
try a more updated linux (kernel and nvidia driver) like in cauldron maybe, and if you reproduce again you should open a bug upstream.
Summary: Wireless signal strength and stability of athk5 driver with kernel 3.3.6 => Wireless signal strength and stability of athk5 driver with kernel 3.3.6 and nvidiaSource RPM: (none) => nvidia-current
Manuel Hiebel thanks. It works great with kernel 3.4.4 and the nvidia drivers from cauldron. I only needed to disable IPv6 and also created /etc/modprobe.d/ath5k.conf. In ath5k.conf I did put options ath5k nohwcrypt=1. Now everything works perfect.
Anssi, tmb, any ideas if backport patch is possible ? (if you know them of course)
CC: (none) => anssi.hannula, tmb
Assigning to mageia nvidia packages maintainer. Anssi (and/or tmb), please tell us if there something that can be done in Mageia 2 regarding this issue involving kernel and nvidia drivers. If not, please close this bug report as WONTFIX.
Keywords: (none) => TriagedCC: (none) => stormiAssignee: bugsquad => anssi.hannula
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