Bug 785553

Summary:	New kernel (3.2.2) breaks wlan on realtek RTL 8185 pci card
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Kenneth Bryant <kenn06401>
Component:	wireless-tools	Assignee:	Dan Williams <dcbw>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	16	CC:	dcbw, linville
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Description Kenneth Bryant 2012-01-29 14:19:13 UTC

Description of problem:
Updated to kernel 3.2.2 yesterday and the wireless radio is turned off, worked only once for about 15 seconds.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora kernel 3.2.2

How reproducible:
always


Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot to kernel 3.2.2
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Actual results:
no connection

Expected results:
wireless lan should associate with the router

Additional info:falling back to 3.2.1 solves problem

Comment 1 John W. Linville 2012-01-30 15:09:47 UTC

Please attach the otput of running 'dmesg' shortly after a reboot.

Comment 2 Kenneth Bryant 2012-01-31 12:20:54 UTC

dmesg output 3.2.2.1:none
dmesg output 3.2.1.3:[ken@fedora ~]$ dmesg | grep wlan
[   24.462336] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[   27.354045] wlan0: authenticate with 64:0f:28:79:87:29 (try 1)
[   27.355316] wlan0: authenticated
[   27.415040] wlan0: associate with 64:0f:28:79:87:29 (try 1)
[   27.416735] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 64:0f:28:79:87:29 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[   27.416740] wlan0: associated
[   27.417457] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[   38.386017] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ken@fedora ~]$

Comment 3 John W. Linville 2012-01-31 18:45:27 UTC

Please try the test kernels here:

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3749626

Do they restore the driver?

Comment 4 Kenneth Bryant 2012-02-02 00:27:14 UTC

This worked for me,, thank you

Comment 5 Kenneth Bryant 2012-02-02 00:42:54 UTC

This kernel decreases performance though ie it took a long time to shut down and start up or maybe it isn't installed correctly IDK

Comment 6 Fedora End Of Life 2013-02-14 02:51:02 UTC

Fedora 16 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2013-02-12. Fedora 16 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.