Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
I've got an Asus EEE 1000HE, and it's worked fine for a long time with the EEEBUNTU distro (a distro based on Jaunty (i think) with a custom kernel). Unfortunately, Eeebuntu is no longer maintained, so I recently did a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04.2. I am now unable to get my wifi to work reliably.
The wifi tries to connect for a while, then pops up the "Wireless Network Authentication Required" window. If I hit "connect" it will try again for a while, then pop up the window. Etc. Note I know that my connection information is OK. I haven't mistyped the password (see below). Also note that the wifi antenna is turned on. For example, iwlist scan is able to find my network.
There is a weird twist though: The netbook is always able to connect through an ethernet cable on eth0 just fine. If I boot the netbook with the ethernet cable plugged in, the wifi instantly connects as well! I can then unplug the ethernet cable (eth0 goes away), but I am still able to use the wifi connection for about 5 minutes before it disconnects, and goes back to trying and failing to connect.
This behavior is 100% replicable--the wifi always works fine (for about 5 minutes) if it boots with the ethernet cable plugged in. Very rarely, the wifi will also connect on boot without the ethernet cable, but that is not replicable.
Other EEE netbooks seem to have issues with multiple wireless drivers, like in this thread. Perhaps something similar is happening here? My card seems to be using rt2860sta as a driver. I tried blacklisting it, to see if another driver was trying to load instead, but that just negated my wifi altogether. (It's unblacklisted again)
My router is a very reliable Linksys WRT54GL with factory firmware which has never been flaky.
I posted another thread about this in the absolute beginners forum here, but I was advised to repost in this forum.
I'm at my wit's end. This netbook will be useless without wifi. Any suggestions?
Below is the suggested information for a first post:
Here's lspci (note there is nothing listed as "Wireless Brand" to grep out):
Code:
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2860
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0)
Here's lsusb:
Code:
lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05dc:0330 Lexar Media, Inc. JumpDrive Expression
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b071 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 2.0M UVC Webcam / CNF7129
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Here's ifconfig:
Code:
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:e6:ba:80:a1:db
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:28
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:720 (720.0 B) TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:d3:13:e2:a3
inet6 addr: fe80::225:d3ff:fe13:e2a3/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:20912 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2414 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2585854 (2.5 MB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:19
Here's iwconfig:
Code:
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 RT2860 Wireless ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT2860STA"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: 98:FC:11:44:B1:8D
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level:-36 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Here's lsmod (note there's no "wlan_module_name" to grep out):
Code:
lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 3249 1
nls_cp437 4919 1
vfat 8933 1
fat 47767 1 vfat
usb_storage 39841 1
aes_i586 7268 142
aes_generic 26863 1 aes_i586
binfmt_misc 6587 1
dm_crypt 11331 0
ppdev 5259 0
joydev 8740 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203376 1
snd_hda_intel 22069 2
snd_hda_codec 74201 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 54244 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
uvcvideo 57374 0
psmouse 63245 0
videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev
soundcore 6620 1 snd
serio_raw 3978 0
rt2860sta 481561 1
eeepc_laptop 14331 0
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 1999 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
i915 287810 3
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 i915
drm 162377 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
intel_agp 24375 2 i915
video 17375 1 i915
output 1871 1 video
ahci 32360 2
agpgart 31724 2 drm,intel_agp
atl1e 28018 0
Here's dmesg | grep "wlan" (I'll be happy to post other kernel messages if it will help):
Code:
dmesg | grep "wlan"
[ 24.200059] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
Here's sudo lshw -C network:
Code:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: b0
serial: 90:e6:ba:80:a1:db
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=ATL1E driverversion=1.0.0.7-NAPI firmware=L1e latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:28 memory:fbfc0000-fbffffff ioport:ec00(size=128)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2860
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 00:25:d3:13:e2:a3
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2860 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=RT2860 Wireless
resources: irq:19 memory:fbef0000-fbefffff
Here's iwlist scan (it's working properly, and finds my wifi network and my neighbor's):
Code:
iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: <snip>
Protocol:802.11b/g
ESSID:"nosehatnet"
Mode:Managed
Channel:6
Quality:100/100 Signal level:-37 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 02 - Address: <snip>
Protocol:802.11b/g
ESSID:"linksys"
Mode:Managed
Channel:6
Quality:15/100 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Here's the ubuntu version:
Code:
lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Here's the kernel/architecture:
Code:
uname -mr
2.6.32-32-generic i686
Restarting the network:
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
Re: Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
I wonder if it's a power management issue. One of the biggest consumers of power on a laptop is the wireless radio. Because battery power is so precious, laptops have elaborate schemes to throttle down everything on a laptop if it's not in use. I believe that, in some cases, the power management is so aggressive that after two minutes or maybe less, power is reduced and the wireless disconnects. Now the wireless is really not in use and the wireless hasn't enough power to reconnect.
When your wireless is connected, please run:What does it say about power management? Here is a sample from my machine.
Quote:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"GBR1"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: <snip>
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-39 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:61 Missed beacon:0
If it's on, we could try to see if we can turn it off in System > Preferences > Power Management.
There are a few other things we could try if power management is the issue, but please confirm it first.
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note to chili: http://uselessuseofcat.com/?p=67
Re: Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
Thanks, Chili555, I think you might be on the right track.
First, an update: I was wrong about the ethernet cable/automatic wifi thing. I plugged in my ethernet cable this morning and booted the netbook, hoping to get a wifi connection, and it didn't work. It occurred to me that when I was testing this before I probably had the power chord plugged in at the same time I had the ethernet. So I plugged in the power cord, charged up the battery to full, turned on the netbook and bingo!, the wifi connected (for about 3 minutes). A fully charged battery and a connected power cord are what's likely (but not certain) to produce a short-lived wifi connection. So far that's worked about 1/3 of the time.
Here's the result of iwconfig with the wifi connected:
Code:
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 RT2860 Wireless ESSID:"fishface" Nickname:"RT2860STA"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: 98:FC:11:44:B1:8D
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=100/100 Signal level:-38 dBm Noise level:-81 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
There's no line about power management at all. (I think "Mode:Managed" refers to something else?)
I poked around in in System > Preferences > Power Management, but that seemed pretty rudimentary. Is there any way to force the machine to give maximum power to the wifi card while the antenna is on?
Note: I've got a pretty vanilla install of 10.4.2. I haven't installed any extra acpi stuff.
Re: Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
"Mode: Managed' means that the wireless card is being managed by the router or other access point. The AP sets the channel, bit-rate and many other details and your wireless card says, "Yes, Master." Here is my scan result:
Quote:
$ sudo iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: <snip>
ESSID:"GBR1"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Encryption key: on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=82/100 Signal level=-49 dBm
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 64ms ago
Now, as I type this, I am reviewing your scan results:
Quote:
lan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: <snip>
Protocol:802.11b/g
ESSID:"nosehatnet"
Mode:Managed
Channel:6
Quality:100/100 Signal level:-37 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key: on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
I am like: :confused: :confused: :confused:
Is your router set to some unusual mode? Also, we have better luck with WPA2 only, not WPA/WPA2 mixed mode.
Please try turning power management off; let's see if we get an informative error, warning or other result:
Code:
sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off
Re: Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
I'm not sure if this will be useful, but here are a bunch of my linksys router's wifi settings:
Code:
Wireless Network Mode: Mixed
Wireless Channel: 6 - 2.437GHz
Security Mode: WPA2 Personal
WPA Algorithms: TKIP+AES
Group Key Renewal: 3600 seconds
Wireless MAC filter: Disabled
Authentication Type: Auto
Basic Rate: Default
Transmission Rate: Auto
CTS Protection Mode: Disable
Frame Burst: Disable
Beacon Interval: 100 (milliseconds)
DTIM Interval: 1
Fragmentation Threshold: 2346
RTS Threshold: 2347
AP Isolation: Off
SecureEasySetup: Enabled
I will point out that I haven't changed my router settings in a while, and this all worked fine when the netbook had eeebuntu on it (and these router settings work fine for the half dozen other wifi devices that use my network).
Here's the result of sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off. I had an active wifi connection at the time I tried this:
Code:
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
Re: Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
Is any module loaded specifically for EEE?If so, we might remove it or manipulate its parameters; for example:
Code:
$ modinfo eeepc-laptop
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.ko
license: GPL
description: Eee PC Hotkey Driver
author: Corentin Chary, Eric Cooper
srcversion: 6DF4D06541AA2FFC7EB3691
alias: acpi*:ASUS010:*
depends: sparse-keymap
vermagic: 2.6.38-8-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686
parm: hotplug_disabled:Disable hotplug for wireless device. If your laptop need that, please report to acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net. (bool)
I see nothing in your router settings that's troublesome.
Quote:
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
That means we the user and even we the sudo user are not permitted to monkey with power management in the usual, obvious way. I may not take 'No' for an answer.
Re: Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
Chili555, thanks so much for your help so far! I was about ready to throw in the towel on this one.
Here's this:
Code:
lsmod | grep "eee"
eeepc_laptop 14331 0
And this:
Code:
modinfo eeepc_laptop
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-32-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.ko
license: GPL
description: Eee PC Hotkey Driver
author: Corentin Chary, Eric Cooper
srcversion: C92594F44A2240F398CAA08
alias: acpi*:ASUS010:*
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.32-32-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586
parm: hotplug_disabled:Disable hotplug for wireless device. If your laptop need that, please report to acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net. (bool)
That looks like it should just be controlling the hardware specific hot keys, so I'm wondering why it's messing with power management and wifi (beyond just turning it on and off)?
Still curious about power management, I tried this but it returns nothing:
This might be of interest?
Code:
dmesg | grep "eee"
[ 12.430924] eeepc_laptop: Eee PC Hotkey Driver
[ 12.432323] eeepc_laptop: Hotkey init flags 0x41
[ 12.432588] eeepc_laptop: TYPE (2000000) not reported by BIOS, enabling anyway
[ 12.441213] eeepc_laptop: PANELPOWER (4000000) not reported by BIOS, enabling anyway
[ 12.441233] eeepc_laptop: Get control methods supported: 0x6101713
[ 12.444732] input: Asus EeePC extra buttons as /devices/platform/eeepc/input/input7
Or this?
Code:
dmesg | grep "acpi"
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
[ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
Many, many thanks for your help so far! What's the next step?
Re: Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
Quote:
That looks like it should just be controlling the hardware specific hot keys, so I'm wondering why it's messing with power management and wifi (beyond just turning it on and off)?
You are quite correct and I doubt we will find any joy with this particular module. My request was to try to find any other eee-specific modules that might have interesting parameters that we might manipulate. Not having an EEE myself (or is it EEEEEEE?), my only way to find out is to ask you to grep the modules and report. Admittedly, we're fishing at this point.
I haven't given up on power management. I am researching a package called laptop-mode-tools that has a number of parts that deal with wireless. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...top-mode-tools
For now, let's see if there are any clues here when the wireless dies out:
Code:
sudo cat /var/log/syslog grep etwork | tail -n25
Re: Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
Ha ha, it's rapidly turning into an "EEEEEEE" pc, you've got that right!
OK, fresh boot of the netbook with the power cord in. It finds the wifi and autoconnects:
Code:
sudo cat /var/log/syslog grep etwork | tail -n25
[sudo] password for nosehat:
cat: grep: No such file or directory
cat: etwork: No such file or directory
Jul 5 16:33:25 nosehat-laptop avahi-daemon[733]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
Jul 5 16:33:25 nosehat-laptop avahi-daemon[733]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.105 on wlan0.IPv4.
Jul 5 16:33:26 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 7 -> 8 (reason 0)
Jul 5 16:33:26 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto fishface' (wlan0) as default for routing and DNS.
Jul 5 16:33:26 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) successful, device activated.
Jul 5 16:33:26 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete.
Jul 5 16:33:27 nosehat-laptop ntpdate[1412]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset -0.335858 sec
Jul 5 16:33:51 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 109.350833] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 279
Jul 5 16:34:18 nosehat-laptop AptDaemon: INFO: Initializing daemon
Jul 5 16:34:31 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 149.353575] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 279
Jul 5 16:35:31 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 209.354616] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 279
Jul 5 16:36:51 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 289.357254] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 279
Jul 5 16:36:58 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 296.374157] ERROR!!! RTMPCancelTimer failed, Timer hasn't been initialize!
Jul 5 16:36:58 nosehat-laptop wpa_supplicant[875]: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
Jul 5 16:36:58 nosehat-laptop wpa_supplicant[875]: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
Jul 5 16:36:58 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: completed -> disconnected
Jul 5 16:36:58 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
Jul 5 16:37:03 nosehat-laptop wpa_supplicant[875]: Trying to associate with 98:fc:11:44:b1:8d (SSID='fishface' freq=2437 MHz)
Jul 5 16:37:03 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating
Jul 5 16:37:03 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 301.484788] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 279
Jul 5 16:37:03 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 301.485489] ==>rt_ioctl_siwfreq::SIOCSIWFREQ[cmd=0x8b04] (Channel=6)
Jul 5 16:37:03 nosehat-laptop wpa_supplicant[875]: Association request to the driver failed
Jul 5 16:37:03 nosehat-laptop sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: Called
Jul 5 16:37:03 nosehat-laptop sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: username = [nosehat]
Jul 5 16:37:03 nosehat-laptop sudo: pam_sm_authenticate: /home/nosehat is already mounted
I wait a few minutes, and it disconnects, starting its cycle of connection attempts. Here's the result now:
Code:
$ sudo cat /var/log/syslog grep etwork | tail -n25
cat: grep: No such file or directory
cat: etwork: No such file or directory
Jul 5 16:39:03 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating
Jul 5 16:39:03 nosehat-laptop wpa_supplicant[875]: Association request to the driver failed
Jul 5 16:39:08 nosehat-laptop wpa_supplicant[875]: Authentication with 98:fc:11:44:b1:8d timed out.
Jul 5 16:39:08 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associating -> disconnected
Jul 5 16:39:08 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning
Jul 5 16:39:13 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 431.583104] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 279
Jul 5 16:39:13 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 431.583745] ==>rt_ioctl_siwfreq::SIOCSIWFREQ[cmd=0x8b04] (Channel=6)
Jul 5 16:39:13 nosehat-laptop wpa_supplicant[875]: Trying to associate with 98:fc:11:44:b1:8d (SSID='fishface' freq=2437 MHz)
Jul 5 16:39:13 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating
Jul 5 16:39:13 nosehat-laptop wpa_supplicant[875]: Association request to the driver failed
Jul 5 16:39:18 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long.
Jul 5 16:39:18 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 6 (reason 0)
Jul 5 16:39:18 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): asking for new secrets
Jul 5 16:39:18 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associating -> disconnected
Jul 5 16:39:18 nosehat-laptop wpa_supplicant[875]: Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
Jul 5 16:39:19 nosehat-laptop AptDaemon: INFO: Quiting due to inactivity
Jul 5 16:39:19 nosehat-laptop AptDaemon: INFO: Shutdown was requested
Jul 5 16:39:22 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 6 -> 9 (reason 7)
Jul 5 16:39:22 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (fishface)
Jul 5 16:39:22 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection 'Auto fishface' invalid.
Jul 5 16:39:22 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed.
Jul 5 16:39:22 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0)
Jul 5 16:39:22 nosehat-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 0).
Jul 5 16:40:31 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 509.347483] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 279
Jul 5 16:42:31 nosehat-laptop kernel: [ 629.349533] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 2(2) BSS returned, data->length = 279
Re: Wifi only temporarily connects on Asus EEE 1000HE
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ERROR!!! RTMPCancelTimer failed, Timer hasn't been initialize!
Ah, ha!!! It's a known bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/542439
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/376577
Please note:
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Compiled the new 2.1.2.0 module using the link in the original post and the readme file instructions included in the archive. The error message no longer appears in the syslogs and the wireless card works flawlessly
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filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-12-netbook-eeepc/kernel/drivers/staging/
Are you ready to compile? Your geek-o-meter certainly has pegged in the last few days!
Compiling from source sounds scary, but mortal users do it every day!