MA111, pre26, FC4, p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit: Tx attempt prior to association

Hi,

I'm trying to install my MA111 USB device on linux FC3 without any
success. Since FC4 has just been release, I decided to make a brand new
fresh installation of FC4 to see if things will be better. Has you
reading this mail, you probably know that it was not !

This MA111 was working gracefully on FC1. Since I upgraded to FC3, I was
unable to make it working.

With kismet, I was able to receive datas from different bases (I tried
this on FC3, not on FC4). However, all transmitted datas were dropped.
When observing /var/log/messages, the error message related to this is :

kernel: p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit: Tx attempt prior to association,
frame dropped.

I search the archive without any success, can someone help me with
this ? Is there any body who successfully installed a MA111 on FC3 or
FC4 ?

Ultimatly, I want to use it in ad-hoc mode. When I tried, same things
appended.


Here is some infos :

The device is currently working on :
        FC1 2.4.22-1.2188.npt i686 with linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre21

My system now is :
- 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 i686 (also tried on 2.6.11-1.27_FC3smp i686)
- linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre26

-> Plug in the device :

/var/log/message :

Jun 15 22:28:31 panda kernel: usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using
ohci_hcd and address 2
Jun 15 22:28:32 panda kernel: prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.1-pre26
Loaded
Jun 15 22:28:32 panda kernel: prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb
Jun 15 22:28:32 panda kernel: usbcore: registered new driver prism2_usb
Jun 15 22:28:32 panda wland[2961]: wland daemon init successful
Jun 15 22:28:32 panda wland[2961]: netlink socket opened and bound
successfully
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda modprobe: FATAL: Module wlan0 not found.
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e2ffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e3ffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e4ffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e5ffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e6ffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e7ffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e8ffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e9ffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7eaffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7ebffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7ecffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7edffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 3010 bytes to ram @0x7eeffe
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 416 bytes to ram @0x7efc20
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 16 bytes to ram @0x7efdd0
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 4044 bytes to ram @0x7f0800
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Writing 3288 bytes to ram @0x7fe000
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: ident: nic h/w: id=0x8026 1.0.0
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.1.3
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.8.3
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=1/4
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel:
STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/15
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel:
PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel:
STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel:
STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
Jun 15 22:28:33 panda kernel: Prism2 card SN: \x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00
\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00
Jun 15 22:28:38 panda wlan.agent[2953]: WLAN wlan0 brought up
successfully.
Jun 15 22:28:38 panda wlan.agent[2953]: WLAN bringing up layer 3+
with /sbin/ifup

-> LED is flashing


lsmod :

prism2_usb             78212  0
p80211                 32912  1 prism2_usb


/proc/bus/usb/devices :

T:  Bus=06 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0846 ProdID=4110 Rev= 1.32
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=prism2_usb
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=1ms


-> Executing these commands :

# modprobe prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1
# wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable
message=lnxreq_ifstate
  ifstate=enable
  resultcode=success
# wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=MA111 authtype=opensystem
message=lnxreq_autojoin
  ssid='MA111'
  authtype=opensystem
  resultcode=success
# ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.1
# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:09:5B:B5:33:CA
          inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::209:5bff:feb5:33ca/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:6 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



/var/log/messages :

Jun 15 22:35:52 panda kernel: p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit: Tx attempt
prior to association, frame dropped.

-> LED is still flashing



/etc/wlan/wlan.conf :

# The WLAN_DEVICES variable identifies the device names of each WLAN
device.
# If you have more than one, make sure each one is identified in a
whitespace
# separated list that's assigned to WLAN_DEVICES.

WLAN_DEVICES="wlan0"

# Below is the list of channels to scan, when we scan.
ChannelList="01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08:09:0a:0b:00:00:00"
# Below is the min and max time we linger on a channel during a scan.
ChannelMinTime=200
ChannelMaxTime=250
# And here we have the master scan toggle.
WLAN_SCAN=n

##########
# Note:  To bind to a specific network, change the SSID to something
different
#        and create the file /etc/wlan/wlancfg-<SSID> with your network-
#        specific settings.  If this file is not present, the settings
in
#        /etc/wlancfg/wlancfg-DEFAULT are used.
#
# for example:
#    SSID_wlan0="linux-wlan"
# This expects a file called "/etc/wlan/wlancfg-linux-wlan" to be
present.
#
# Use a SSID of "" to associate with any network in range.
#########

SSID_wlan0="MA111"
ENABLE_wlan0=y
#SSID_wlan1=""
#ENABLE_wlan1=n
#SSID_wlan2=""
#ENABLE_wlan2=n


/etc/wlancfg-MA111 :

#=======USER MIB SETTINGS=============================
# You can add the assignments for various MIB items
#  of your choosing to this variable, separated by
#  whitespace.  The wlan-ng script will then set each one.
# Just uncomment the variable and set the assignments
#  the way you want them.

#USER_MIBS="p2CnfRoamingMode=1 p2CnfShortPreamble=mixed"

#=======WEP===========================================
# [Dis/En]able WEP.  Settings only matter if PrivacyInvoked is true
lnxreq_hostWEPEncrypt=false     # true|false
lnxreq_hostWEPDecrypt=false     # true|false
dot11PrivacyInvoked=false       # true|false
dot11WEPDefaultKeyID=0          # 0|1|2|3
dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=true    # true|false, in AP this means WEP is
required.

# If PRIV_GENSTR is not empty, use PRIV_GENTSTR to generate
#  keys (just a convenience)
# add-ons/ in the tarball contains other key generators.
PRIV_GENERATOR=/sbin/nwepgen    # nwepgen, Neesus compatible
PRIV_KEY128=false               # keylength to generate
PRIV_GENSTR=""

# or set them explicitly.  Set genstr or keys, not both.
dot11WEPDefaultKey0=            # format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx   or
dot11WEPDefaultKey1=            #
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
dot11WEPDefaultKey2=            #  e.g.   01:20:03:40:05   or
dot11WEPDefaultKey3=            #
01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08:09:0a:0b:0c:0d
#=======SELECT STATION MODE===================
IS_ADHOC=n                      # y|n, y - adhoc, n - infrastructure

#======= INFRASTRUCTURE STATION  ===================
# What kind of authentication?
AuthType="opensystem"           # opensystem | sharedkey (requires WEP)

#======= ADHOC STATION ============================
BCNINT=100                      # Beacon interval (in Kus)
CHANNEL=6                       # DS channel for BSS (1-14, depends
                                #   on regulatory domain)
BASICRATES="2 4"                # Rates for mgmt&ctl frames (in 500Kb/s)
OPRATES="2 4 11 22"             # Supported rates in BSS (in 500Kb/s)



Thanks,

Jean-Francois Dupuis