Here is the kernel I use: Linux grinch.figuiere.net 2.6.29.1-111.fc11.i686.PAE #1 SMP Fri Apr 24 10:56:23 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Fedora 11 (10.92). The hardware: Thinkpad Z60t (type 2511) with Thinkpad wireless. 13:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) Driver is ath5k as provided in Fedora. The network can associate with WPA, and obtain an IP address. Then I can't even pig the gateway. $ ping 172.18.2.32 PING 172.18.2.32 (172.18.2.32) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C --- 172.18.2.32 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1941ms Here is what dmesg says: tg3: eth0: Link is down. ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:0f:66:dc:fa:c6 try 1 wlan0 direct probe responded wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0f:66:dc:fa:c6 wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:0f:66:dc:fa:c6 wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:0f:66:dc:fa:c6 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=3) wlan0: associated ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready wlan0: no IPv6 routers present ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (5745MHz) wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3) wlan0: deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3) tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. I don't know what else you need. Let me know.
lspic -vvnn 13:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC [168c:1014] (rev 01) Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter (AR5BXB6) [1014:058a] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19 Region 0: Memory at a7f00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ath5k Kernel modules: ath5k
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 498502 ***
(In reply to comment #2) > > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 498502 *** I don't want to be picky but my problem is with an ath5k.
Ooops...
Is there an earlier kernel version where this was working?
as far as I know, ath5k has never worked with it. This is my first Fedora install though. openSUSE 11.1 does not work either (that's what was just before I installed Fedora and the kernel was 2.6.27.7-9-pae). They made me try the compat-wireless on that kernel with no success. Before ath5k I was forced to use MadWifi (and that was on Ubuntu, and for a while this laptop was only on wire as it was secondary).
OK -- I'm not sure what I can offer you right now. You may want to try a rawhide (i.e. fc12) kernel? http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=100421
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle. Changing version to '11'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Closing optimistically based on lack of response from comment 7...
The problem is that changing kernel means changing X as I understand the X driver are now highly dependent on this (I could be wrong though). All in all, I risk, in order to test that, to totally foobar my ONLY system. I'd rather have partial functionality than no functionality. So no I have not tested. This is just closed following defeatism. If you guarrantee that I don't have to touch the i915 X driver, I'll try it. (maybe the resolution should be "INSUFFICIENT_HARDWARE"?)
I installed it but bug 514386 prevent me from doing anything: NM does not seem to see it, etc. And the network does not seem to be up. I'll retry when bug 514386 is addressed.
Seeing this on F11 on a Thinkpad t23 with a Cisco AIR-CB21AG-A-K9: Aug 7 19:19:42 magrathea kernel: ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5213A chip found (MAC: 0x59, PHY: 0x43) Aug 7 19:19:42 magrathea kernel: ath5k phy0: RF5112B multiband radio found (0x36) Kernel: kernel-PAE-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686 With messages like these: Aug 7 19:20:14 magrathea kernel: ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (5520MHz) Aug 7 19:20:15 magrathea kernel: ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (5525MHz) Aug 7 19:20:15 magrathea kernel: ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (5530MHz) and the system becomes essentially unusable, using 100% CPU. Xorg display updates about once per second. The card seems to associate, but the system was so unusable that I didn't have a chance to even see if it was passing packets or not.
Andy, that sounds like something completely different -- please open a new bug instead of hijacking this one...thanks!
I need bug 533601 to be resolved first before being able to test this on F12
Seems to work with 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE bug 533601 is the proof that the kill switch is supported too (but not reported by NM)
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