Bug 574380

Don't forget the attachment!  And please include the output of dmesg after the failure...thanks!

Created attachment 400752 [details]
Detailed hardware information for the machine on which this bug was first discovered.

Created attachment 400769 [details]
'dmesg' output before suspend

I have switched the wireless interface on and off a couple of times during this stage. It worked normally: the wlan was turned off and then on again. The connection was also normally re-established after the wlan interface was switched on again.

Created attachment 400777 [details]
'dmesg' output after suspend

I have disabled the wlan interface before suspending the system. After wakeup the wireless interface would be disabled (which is correct behaviour -- in my opinion), but the problem is that the wireless button didn't work anymore. I was not able to switch the wlan interface on again and had to restart the machine.

Note: I did not try to 'unlaod and load' the related kernel modules.

I've been having the same problem with all 2.6.32 kernels on an x86_64 machine with the same version of iwl5000-firmware (problem still exists in 2.6.32.11-99).  I have the same Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 wireless NIC.

One additional thing I've noticed: if the card is off when the kernel boots, it cannot be turned on.

Please provide logs with debug50=0x02029f8f iwlagn module parameter, after finishing reproduce scenario: disable radio, suspend, resume, enable radio. Thanks.

That's a bit beyond my understanding.  Could you point me to some documentation?  Specifically, I'm not sure which particular logs you want and I'm not sure how to pass parameters to the iwlagn module (is it just a kernel argument at boot time?).

Hi Travis,

I'm not sure where is documentation, here are brief instructions. Please assure you are using current uptodate kernel. 

First change to log kernel messages to /var/log/messages. To do this add "kern.*" to proper line in /etc/rsyslog.conf file: 

*.info;kern.*;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none                /var/log/messages

Then restart system logger:

[root@dhcp-lab-161 ~]# /etc/init.d/rsyslog restart

Remove iwlagn modules:

[root@dhcp-lab-161 ~]# rmmod iwlagn iwlcore

Clear logs (you may want to save old logs somewhere, before clear them)

[root@dhcp-lab-161 ~]# echo > /var/log/messages

Load module with debug option:

[root@dhcp-lab-161 ~]# modprobe iwlagn debug50=0x02029f8f

Do suspend/resume to reproduce problem, and attach /var/log/messages file here.

Thanks.

Created attachment 414694 [details]
logs with debug50=0x02029f8f iwlagn module parameter

Stanislaw,

Thanks for the help.

Created attachment 414847 [details]
Another log dump with debug50=0x02029f8f iwlagn module parameter

Kernel version:

Linux 2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Apr 5 16:15:03 EDT 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Notes:

I followed the steps (with WiFi turned off during the process). After I loaded the 'iwlagn' kernel module, I turned the WiFi on (successfully) and then turned it off again (so that the computer was in the state that leads to the buggy behaviour).

After that I suspended/resumed the computer and the erroneous behaviour was reproduced (wireless would not turn on).

That's it.

Hi,

Sorry for long silence, I was quite busy last months. 

Unfortunately I can not tell where the problem is from logs you provide. Looks like switch is permanently in "radio kill" state after resume. 

Could you check  if problem is solved on F-13 with 2.6.34 kernel ?

Also could you tell me what kind of laptops do you have, maybe I will be able to borrow the same and reproduce problem locally. 

And one more question, if after resume you toggle button on/off a few times, does it help?

(In reply to comment #12)
> Also could you tell me what kind of laptops do you have, maybe I will be able
> to borrow the same and reproduce problem locally. 

Matej, You have HP laptop, do hp-wpi module is loaded, if not assure it is and check if that helps, if yes blacklist it and checkout.

Sorry for the very late reply. I was a bit indisposed lately.

So, my laptop: HP EliteBook 2730p Notebook PC (FU442EA) (see http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF06b/321957-321957-64295-3955549-3955549-3784558-3818575.html)

Also, I could not find the hp-wpi module with lsmod, and a call to 'modprobe hp_wpi' or 'modprobe hp-wpi' resulted in 'FATAL: Module hp_wpi not found' in both cases.

However, there were 'hp_accel' and 'hp_wmi' modules. I blacklisted 'hp_wmi' and it worked (I tried it on kernels 2.6.32.16-150 and 2.6.32.9-70)! The wireless successfully turned back after suspend.

Thus, simply blacklisting 'hp_wmi' fixes the problem. But what functionality is lost by doing this?

(In reply to comment #14)
> However, there were 'hp_accel' and 'hp_wmi' modules. I blacklisted 'hp_wmi' and

Eh, yes, of course hp_wmi, I made a typo,  

> Thus, simply blacklisting 'hp_wmi' fixes the problem. But what functionality is
> lost by doing this?

Magic laptop keys like setting sound volume or screen brightness will not work without wmi. 

So, we know now were the problem is. Are you able to test some new kernels (F-13, F-14 or upstream) to see if the problem is fixed in new code?

I am sorry, but I cannot. I have very little space left on my hard drive. Well, I might probably upgrade to F13 at some point, but I do not want to overwrite my current installation because I really need the computer badly. :)

Any recommendations?

You can try live CD/DVD ?

And you can install upstream kernel on your current F-12 installation, but this can be hard :-)

Of course. :) Okay, I'll try it with a live USB stick.

I have just tried out Fedora 13 (kernel 2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686) and I can confirm that the bug is not present here.

The wifi interface successfully turned on (after booting the computer from the Live USB stick, switching off wifi, suspending and waking the system up).

NOTE: I have specifically checked that the 'hp_wmi' module is loaded (before and after suspend).

So I guess the bug is fixed here. Should I still try F14?

(In reply to comment #20)
> So I guess the bug is fixed here. Should I still try F14?
No. If hp_wmi not work in F-14 this will be most likely different bug.

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According to comment 20 issue is fixed in F-13, I do not have time to investigate further and fix in F-12, I'm closing with NEXTREALESE.