Bug 545899 - rtl8180 shows 0% signal strength while connected
Summary: rtl8180 shows 0% signal strength while connected
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: John W. Linville
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 526948
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-12-09 15:59 UTC by John W. Linville
Modified: 2010-03-30 07:44 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2010-03-30 07:44:41 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
0001-wireless-correctly-report-signal-value-for-IEEE8021.patch (1.09 KB, patch)
2009-12-09 16:02 UTC, John W. Linville
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Linux Kernel 14763 0 None None None Never
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0178 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 kernel security and bug fix update 2010-03-29 12:18:21 UTC

Description John W. Linville 2009-12-09 15:59:34 UTC
Wifi signal strength of any network the adapter is NOT associated with reads as
it should.  While connected to a network, all wifi utilities report 0 signal
strength.  

Although the signal strength is read as 0, the connection is fine and no
packets are being lost.

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2009-12-09 16:01:44 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 2 John W. Linville 2009-12-09 16:02:40 UTC
Created attachment 377221 [details]
0001-wireless-correctly-report-signal-value-for-IEEE8021.patch

Comment 7 Don Zickus 2009-12-15 20:19:53 UTC
in kernel-2.6.18-181.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5

Please update the appropriate value in the Verified field
(cf_verified) to indicate this fix has been successfully
verified. Include a comment with verification details.

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2010-03-30 07:44:41 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0178.html


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