Update to 3.3.3-1 breaks Atheros wireless

Micah89 · 2012-04-27 19:04:27

Hey,

once again after updating the kernel the wireless breaks, i mean, it connects to the network,
but after that appears that there is no communication, can't ping anything, or go to any website (it loads forever).

Anyone with this issue?

I have an Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 chip.

Thanks!

Last edited by Micah89 (2012-04-27 19:06:18)

.:B:. · 2012-04-27 19:29:09

Not an ath9k issue unlike the previous breakage. You should debug your network setup. 3.3.3 works just fine here with AR92xx hardware.

If you really think it's a driver issue, try an older kernel or wireless-compat, and if it works automagically, then you're right. If not, well, then you'll know you're wrong and have to look elsewhere .

Last edited by .:B:. (2012-04-27 19:29:55)

Micah89 · 2012-04-27 19:35:51

I'm with lts kernel now, and its working fine =P

So whats different from yours to mine?

Last edited by Micah89 (2012-04-27 21:09:43)

Ultraman · 2012-04-29 13:00:30

I ran into the same thing today.
I had ath9k working fine last week, using 3.3.2.
Updated to 3.3.3 on my laptop recently and now it is broken.
And it's the issue reported to have been fixed by 3.3.2!

I'm getting these in my dmesg:

[  385.871898] wlan0: direct probe to 00:25:9c:64:96:7a (try 1/3)
[  386.070051] wlan0: direct probe to 00:25:9c:64:96:7a (try 2/3)
[  386.270247] wlan0: direct probe to 00:25:9c:64:96:7a (try 3/3)
[  386.470238] wlan0: direct probe to 00:25:9c:64:96:7a timed out

And all I can find is that this is a regression in 3.3.1, that was fixed (https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do … k_id=29340)
And a thread on Gentoo forums about it, in which also a link can be found to LKML.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-91 … art-0.html

When I downgrade to 3.3.2, I have the same issue!
Which I really don't understand, because that version worked fine before.

I've installed linux-lts (3.0.29) from core repo, that one works like a charm.
I've also tried 3.3.4-ck, that one also fails with the same messages.

Any ideas?

[Edit]
Just got linux 3.2.14 ARCH package from schlunix, downgraded to it.
That also works fine.

[   42.778567] wlan0: direct probe to 00:25:9c:64:96:7a (try 1/3)
[   42.782259] wlan0: direct probe responded
[   42.810146] wlan0: authenticate with 00:25:9c:64:96:7a (try 1)
[   42.812161] wlan0: authenticated
[   42.844791] wlan0: associate with 00:25:9c:64:96:7a (try 1)
[   42.847563] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:25:9c:64:96:7a (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
[   42.847569] wlan0: associated
[   42.848357] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[stefan@aether ~]$ uname -a
Linux aether 3.2.14-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 3 17:07:25 UTC 2012 x86_64 Genuine Intel(R) CPU U7300 @ 1.30GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

So I'm having trouble with 3.3.2, 3.3.3 and 3.3.4-ck (and expect 3.3.4 from testing as well, should I test?)

Last edited by Ultraman (2012-04-29 13:12:20)

.:B:. · 2012-04-29 14:07:13

Micah89 wrote:

I'm with lts kernel now, and its working fine =P
So whats different from yours to mine?

My mom's box has a TP-Link TL-WN751ND, which is a single-band AR9227 chip apparently. Since a botched upgrade disabled the WLAN client, I rebooted more than once after performing a full upgrade to make sure the connection was brought up every time - and it was. That was with a 3.3.3 kernel. That kernel made the onboard GPU go bonkers though - as soon as KMS kicked in the screen went blank, so I had to SSH in and replace the kernel with the LTS one so the box was usable again. It's an irrelevant aside, but I mention it anyway so you can see the WLAN definitely worked .

If it works for you by switching kernels though, then indeed upstream must have messed up again :-/.

Ultraman: between -ck and the official kernel, there's not much of a chance the ath9k driver code will get altered. You can still test, that would be nice, but it will probably a problem on 3.4 as well.

That box of my mom's is staying on LTS. That much I know.

Last edited by .:B:. (2012-04-29 14:08:27)

Micah89 · 2012-04-30 19:25:09

Well 3.3.4-1 sure didnt help, it doesn't connect to the wireless network again.

What i get from wireshark is a loop of "dhcp request, dhcp offer, dhcp ack", forever.

LTS kernel still working great though.

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#1 2012-04-27 19:04:27

Update to 3.3.3-1 breaks Atheros wireless

#2 2012-04-27 19:29:09

Re: Update to 3.3.3-1 breaks Atheros wireless

#3 2012-04-27 19:35:51

Re: Update to 3.3.3-1 breaks Atheros wireless

#4 2012-04-29 13:00:30

Re: Update to 3.3.3-1 breaks Atheros wireless

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Re: Update to 3.3.3-1 breaks Atheros wireless

#6 2012-04-30 19:25:09

Re: Update to 3.3.3-1 breaks Atheros wireless

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