ath5k: gain calibration timeout

Barghest · 2012-04-17 20:45:44

Ok, I've written a post in another thread but since it is already marked as solved I thought it was better to open a new thread.

I've also read that others had the same problem but with ath9k but this seems to be solved.

For me, I still get the message

ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout

and can't connect to a WLAN.

$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 13)

 ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:13:77:ac:ca:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:21:63:7f:57:b9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

PirateJonno · 2012-04-26 08:02:02

I'm having this issue as well. However, it works fine most of the time. It seems to only fail if the wireless disconnects while the computer is on (or perhaps it is disconnecting because of this issue). Have you found a solution and/or a kernel version without this bug?

qt_mo · 2012-05-16 10:20:11

Bump

I had the same issue,

However since it failed only at specifics hours of the day or specifics battery levels, I suspected the jupiter applet to be the origin of the problem.

Uninstalling jupiter seems to have solved it.

PirateJonno · 2012-05-16 11:52:43

Mine is good now too. Not sure what fixed it exactly, but it might be because I changed the frequency (channel) my AP was transmitting on

litemotiv · 2012-05-23 12:48:48

Running into this one too on one machine. Adding:

pcie_aspm=force

to the kernel line seems to solve it.

Taken from: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepor … 665881#124

PirateJonno · 2012-05-24 06:16:39

Coincidentally, mine started playing up again today. I'll try the fix, thanks for posting.

litemotiv · 2012-05-27 14:43:51

PirateJonno wrote:

Coincidentally, mine started playing up again today. I'll try the fix, thanks for posting.

Unfortunately, the problem returned today on my system... For now i have downgraded to stock 2.6.39 which i used before this issue hit me...

crosssover · 2012-05-30 21:11:26

Same problem here, using kernel 3.3.7-1 and ath5 card

litemotiv · 2012-05-31 17:36:55

It seems that this thread is a duplicate of: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=139270

I'll request a moderator to close this one so we can continue there.

jasonwryan · 2012-05-31 17:50:28

As requested...

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#1 2012-04-17 20:45:44

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