[SOLVED] ath9k drivers hanging

Starfall · 2011-09-11 16:26:11

**Resolution**

Well, after playing around for a while, even trying some different network managers.

I edited the ethernet's ID in wicd from 'eth0' to 'eth71' (random number following 'eth' so that wicd doesn't find my ethernet interface)

This seems to solve the issue.

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Hello there

I'm trying to set up my network on my new Acer Aspire One 522 netbook.

I'm using wicd (with wicd-gtk for configuration) on XFCE4. I've done some searching about wicd hanging and it seems to crop up a lot.

In my case, if I have my ethernet cable connected to my netbook, wicd connects to my wireless absolutely fine (I've deleted the ehternet connection from the wicd config with the gtk front end) So it is using the my wireless connection, however upon disconnection my ethernet cable, my system hangs after about 10 seconds or so. If I start the system up without the thernet cable plugged in, every starts up fine, but after being at the desktop for about 10 seconds, everything hangs so I have to force a shutdown by holding down the power button (I'm not even able to switch to a different tty)

I really hope someone can help with this, it's rather frustrating!

Thanks in advance for any help!

EDIT: Please see below the log from when I boot without my ethernet cable connected:

2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: ---------------------------
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: wicd initializing...
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: ---------------------------
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: wicd is version 1.7.0 552
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: setting backend to external
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: trying to load backend external
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: successfully loaded backend external
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: trying to load backend external
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: successfully loaded backend external
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: Automatically detected wireless interface wlan0
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: setting wireless interface wlan0
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: automatically detected wired interface eth0
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: setting wired interface eth0
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: setting wpa driver wext
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: setting use global dns to False
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: setting global dns
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: global dns servers are None None None
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: domain is None
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: search domain is None
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: Setting dhcp client to 2
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: Wireless configuration file found...
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: Wired configuration file found...
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: chmoding configuration files 0600...
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: chowning configuration files root:root...
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: Using wireless interface...wlan0
2011/09/11 20:16:24 :: Using wired interface...eth0
2011/09/11 20:16:30 :: Autoconnecting...
2011/09/11 20:16:32 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network
2011/09/11 20:16:33 :: trying to automatically connect to...Home
2011/09/11 20:16:33 :: Connecting to wireless network Home
2011/09/11 20:16:33 :: Putting interface down
2011/09/11 20:16:33 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2011/09/11 20:16:34 :: Setting false IP...
2011/09/11 20:16:34 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2011/09/11 20:16:34 :: Flushing the routing table...
2011/09/11 20:16:34 :: Putting interface up...
2011/09/11 20:16:36 :: Generating psk...
2011/09/11 20:16:36 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2011/09/11 20:16:38 :: Running DHCP with hostname Athena
2011/09/11 20:16:38 :: dhcpcd[976]: version 5.2.12 starting
2011/09/11 20:16:38 :: 
2011/09/11 20:16:38 :: dhcpcd[976]: wlan0: rebinding lease of 192.168.0.8
2011/09/11 20:16:38 :: 
2011/09/11 20:16:48 :: dhcpcd[976]: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
2011/09/11 20:16:48 :: 
2011/09/11 20:16:51 :: dhcpcd[976]: wlan0: offered 192.168.0.8 from 192.168.0.1
2011/09/11 20:16:51 :: 
2011/09/11 20:16:51 :: dhcpcd[976]: wlan0: acknowledged 192.168.0.8 from 192.168.0.1
2011/09/11 20:16:51 :: 
2011/09/11 20:16:51 :: dhcpcd[976]: wlan0: checking for 192.168.0.8
2011/09/11 20:16:51 :: 
2011/09/11 20:16:56 :: dhcpcd[976]: wlan0: leased 192.168.0.8 for infinity
2011/09/11 20:16:56 ::

Here's when I boot with my ethernet connected:

2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: ---------------------------
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: wicd initializing...
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: ---------------------------
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: wicd is version 1.7.0 552
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: setting backend to external
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: trying to load backend external
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: successfully loaded backend external
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: trying to load backend external
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: successfully loaded backend external
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: Automatically detected wireless interface wlan0
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: setting wireless interface wlan0
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: automatically detected wired interface eth0
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: setting wired interface eth0
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: setting wpa driver wext
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: setting use global dns to False
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: setting global dns
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: global dns servers are None None None
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: domain is None
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: search domain is None
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: Setting dhcp client to 2
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: Wireless configuration file found...
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: Wired configuration file found...
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: chmoding configuration files 0600...
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: chowning configuration files root:root...
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: Using wireless interface...wlan0
2011/09/11 20:17:42 :: Using wired interface...eth0
2011/09/11 20:17:48 :: Autoconnecting...
2011/09/11 20:17:50 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network
2011/09/11 20:17:51 :: trying to automatically connect to...Home
2011/09/11 20:17:51 :: Connecting to wireless network Home
2011/09/11 20:17:51 :: Putting interface down
2011/09/11 20:17:51 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2011/09/11 20:17:51 :: Setting false IP...
2011/09/11 20:17:52 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2011/09/11 20:17:52 :: Flushing the routing table...
2011/09/11 20:17:52 :: Putting interface up...
2011/09/11 20:17:54 :: Generating psk...
2011/09/11 20:17:54 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2011/09/11 20:17:56 :: Running DHCP with hostname Athena
2011/09/11 20:17:56 :: dhcpcd[983]: version 5.2.12 starting
2011/09/11 20:17:56 :: 
2011/09/11 20:17:56 :: dhcpcd[983]: wlan0: rebinding lease of 192.168.0.8
2011/09/11 20:17:56 :: 
2011/09/11 20:17:56 :: dhcpcd[983]: wlan0: NAK: from 192.168.0.1
2011/09/11 20:17:56 :: 
2011/09/11 20:17:57 :: dhcpcd[983]: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
2011/09/11 20:17:57 :: 
2011/09/11 20:18:02 :: dhcpcd[983]: wlan0: offered 192.168.0.8 from 192.168.0.1
2011/09/11 20:18:02 :: 
2011/09/11 20:18:02 :: dhcpcd[983]: wlan0: acknowledged 192.168.0.8 from 192.168.0.1
2011/09/11 20:18:02 :: 
2011/09/11 20:18:02 :: dhcpcd[983]: wlan0: checking for 192.168.0.8
2011/09/11 20:18:02 :: 
2011/09/11 20:18:06 :: dhcpcd[983]: wlan0: leased 192.168.0.8 for infinity
2011/09/11 20:18:06 :: 
2011/09/11 20:18:06 :: dhcpcd[983]: forked to background, child pid 1239
2011/09/11 20:18:06 :: 
2011/09/11 20:18:06 :: 
2011/09/11 20:18:06 :: DHCP connection successful
2011/09/11 20:18:06 :: not verifying
2011/09/11 20:18:07 :: Connecting thread exiting.
2011/09/11 20:18:08 :: Sending connection attempt result Success

**Update**

After all day searching it seems this is more likely to be an issue with the ath9k driver for my wireless card (Atheros AR9285)

I have amended the title to better reflect the problem at hand.

I have found that running

sudo ifconfig eth0 down

is a work around for the issue.

I would really REALLY appreciate it if anyone would tell me how I can run the above command at system startup/with xinit (obviously it' being done via sudo, so this is a bit awkward)

Last edited by Starfall (2011-09-11 23:27:27)

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#1 2011-09-11 16:26:11

[SOLVED] ath9k drivers hanging

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