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I am running Arch on a Thinkpad X61, 2 Gb memory, 100 Gb 7200 rpm disk. It is set up dual-boot with Windows XP (out of necessity, not choice, believe me).
The machine mostly sits in a dock with a wired connection to my LAN (Netgear Ethernet switch, SMC router/wireless access point). But I also sometimes remove it from the dock and use it wirelessly in the house. Network addresses are acquired via dhcp from the SMC (which also serves as a NAT router), but they are reserved, so I can set up an /etc/hosts file. Wireless is WPA-encrypted. I use netcfg to set up either wired or wireless network access, using the menu option at boot time.
Until last night, this all worked fine, and has for some time. Last night, I did a full system update and now wireless barely works. By "barely", I mean *extremely* slowly. Bits trickle in, but at a snail's pace. The update involved a new kernel, so I tried booting the old kernel -- no luck, same symptom.
Wired networking works normally.
I will provide the update log below. If anyone has any bright ideas, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
/Don Allen
[2010-03-28 20:31] synchronizing package lists
[2010-03-28 20:32] starting full system upgrade
[2010-03-28 20:52] upgraded linux-api-headers (2.6.32.5-2 -> 2.6.33.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:52] upgraded tzdata (2010b-1 -> 2010e-1)
[2010-03-28 20:52] Generating locales...
[2010-03-28 20:52] Generation complete.
[2010-03-28 20:52] upgraded glibc (2.11.1-1 -> 2.11.1-2)
[2010-03-28 20:52] upgraded zlib (1.2.3.9-1 -> 1.2.4-1)
[2010-03-28 20:52] upgraded util-linux-ng (2.17-1 -> 2.17.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:52] upgraded apr (1.3.9-1 -> 1.4.2-1)
[2010-03-28 20:52] upgraded gdbm (1.8.3-6 -> 1.8.3-7)
[2010-03-28 20:52] upgraded apr-util (1.3.9-3 -> 1.3.9-4)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded binutils (2.20-3 -> 2.20.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded gcc-libs (4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded gmp (4.3.2-1 -> 5.0.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded openssl (0.9.8m-2 -> 0.9.8n-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded sqlite3 (3.6.22-1 -> 3.6.23-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded python (2.6.4-2 -> 2.6.5-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded pycrypto (2.0.1-3 -> 2.0.1-4)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded twisted (9.0.0-2 -> 10.0.0-0)
[2010-03-28 20:53] The "bittorrent" packages no longer includes the GUI interface
[2010-03-28 20:53] due to not being updated for wx-2.8 after two years.
[2010-03-28 20:53] Forward complaints upstream.
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded bittorrent (5.2.2-1 -> 5.2.2-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded coreutils (8.4-1 -> 8.4-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded dbus-core (1.2.16-1 -> 1.2.24-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded bluez (4.61-1 -> 4.63-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded libpng (1.4.0-2 -> 1.4.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded cairo (1.8.8-2 -> 1.8.10-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded ppl (0.10.2-2 -> 0.10.2-3)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded cloog-ppl (0.15.7-1 -> 0.15.8-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded libtasn1 (2.4-1 -> 2.5-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded gnutls (2.8.5-1 -> 2.8.6-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded libcups (1.4.2-3 -> 1.4.2-5)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded libxml2 (2.7.6-2 -> 2.7.7-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded poppler (0.12.3-1 -> 0.12.4-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded cups (1.4.2-3 -> 1.4.2-5)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded dbus (1.2.16-1 -> 1.2.24-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded pcre (8.01-1 -> 8.02-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded glib2 (2.22.4-1 -> 2.22.5-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded desktop-file-utils (0.15-1 -> 0.16-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded dhcpcd (5.1.5-1 -> 5.2.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded dri2proto (2.1-1 -> 2.1-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded libmp4v2 (1.6-1 -> 1.9.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded faac (1.28-1 -> 1.28-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded x264 (20100207-2 -> 20100312-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded ffmpeg (30526-1 -> 22511-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded gtk2 (2.18.7-1 -> 2.18.9-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded nspr (4.8.3-1 -> 4.8.4-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded nss (3.12.4-2 -> 3.12.6-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded libxt (1.0.7-1 -> 1.0.8-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded xulrunner (1.9.2-4 -> 1.9.2.2-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded firefox (3.6-2 -> 3.6.2-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded foomatic-db (4.0.3_20090904-2 -> 4.0.4_20100218-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded foomatic-filters (4.0.3_20090904-2 -> 4.0.4_20100218-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded foomatic-db-engine (4.0.3_20090904-2 -> 4.0.4_20100218-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded foomatic-db-nonfree (4.0.3_20090904-2 -> 4.0.4_20100218-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded mpfr (2.4.2-1 -> 2.4.2-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded gcc (4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded gdb (7.0.1-3 -> 7.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded ghostscript (8.71-1 -> 8.71-3)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded goffice (0.8.0-1 -> 0.8.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded iso-codes (3.10.1-1 -> 3.14-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded gtkhtml (3.28.2-1 -> 3.28.3-1)
[2010-03-28 20:53] upgraded guile (1.8.7-1 -> 1.8.7-2)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded gnucash (2.2.9-5 -> 2.2.9-8)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded gnumeric (1.10.0-1 -> 1.10.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded grep (2.5.4-3 -> 2.6.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded groff (1.20.1-3 -> 1.20.1-4)
[2010-03-28 20:54] Updating font cache... done.
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded gsfonts (8.11-5 -> 1.0.7pre44-2)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded gstreamer0.10 (0.10.26-1 -> 0.10.28-1)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded liboil (0.3.16-1 -> 0.3.17-1)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded gstreamer0.10-base (0.10.26-1 -> 0.10.28-1)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded usbutils (0.86-2 -> 0.87-1)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded hal (0.5.14-1 -> 0.5.14-2)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded hdparm (9.27-2 -> 9.28-1)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded iproute2 (2.6.31-1 -> 2.6.33-1)
[2010-03-28 20:54] upgraded kernel26-firmware (2.6.32.9-1 -> 2.6.32.10-1)
[2010-03-28 20:55] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2010-03-28 20:55] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2010-03-28 20:55] >>> ----------------
[2010-03-28 20:55] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2010-03-28 20:55] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2010-03-28 20:55] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2010-03-28 20:55] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2010-03-28 20:55]
[2010-03-28 20:55] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
[2010-03-28 20:55] ==> Building image "default"
[2010-03-28 20:55] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.32-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Begin build
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-03-28 20:55] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-03-28 20:55] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2010-03-28 20:55] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.32-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Begin build
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-03-28 20:55] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-03-28 20:56] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-03-28 20:56] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.32.9-1 -> 2.6.32.10-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded libarchive (2.8.0-1 -> 2.8.3-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded libdatrie (0.2.2-1 -> 0.2.3-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded libgdiplus (2.6-2 -> 2.6.2-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded libgphoto2 (2.4.7-2 -> 2.4.8-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded libmysqlclient (5.1.44-1 -> 5.1.45-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded libthai (0.1.13-1 -> 0.1.14-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded lucene (3.0.0-1 -> 2.9.2-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] warning: /etc/cron.daily/man-db installed as /etc/cron.daily/man-db.pacnew
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded man-db (2.5.6-1 -> 2.5.7-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded man-pages (3.23-1 -> 3.24-1)
[2010-03-28 20:56] upgraded mlocate (0.22.2-2 -> 0.22.3-1)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded mono (2.6.1-1 -> 2.6.3-1)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded openssh (5.3p1-3 -> 5.4p1-3)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded polkit (0.96-1 -> 0.96-2)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded postgresql-libs (8.4.2-4 -> 8.4.3-1)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded postgresql (8.4.2-4 -> 8.4.3-1)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded printproto (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded python-psycopg2 (2.0.13-1 -> 2.0.14-2)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded smbclient (3.5.0-2 -> 3.5.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded samba (3.5.0-2 -> 3.5.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded tar (1.22-1 -> 1.23-1)
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded vi (050325-2 -> 050325-3)
[2010-03-28 20:57] Updating font cache... done.
[2010-03-28 20:57] upgraded xorg-fonts-100dpi (1.0.1-2 -> 1.0.1-3)
[2010-03-28 20:58] Updating font cache... done.
[2010-03-28 20:58] upgraded xorg-fonts-75dpi (1.0.1-2 -> 1.0.1-3)
[2010-03-28 20:58] Updating font cache... done.
[2010-03-28 20:58] upgraded xorg-fonts-misc (1.0.0-4 -> 1.0.1-1)
[2010-03-28 20:58] upgraded xorg-server (1.7.5-1 -> 1.7.5.902-1)
[2010-03-28 20:58] upgraded xorg-utils (7.5-1 -> 7.6-1)
Last edited by donallen (2010-03-29 12:14:39)
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Have you looked here, just in case?
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=86260
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Yes, I saw it. Thanks. I'm pretty sure I had the same problem. I solved it by replacing Arch. I'm tired of the problems with the rolling updates -- I've had too many. I need thoroughly QA'ed software that will create fewer sys-admin headaches for me and if that means running stuff that's more than 15 minutes old, fine. I'd rather spend my time *using* my computers, as opposed to fixing them.
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