Re: Thinkpad T60 with Atheros working only after restart from Windows

Lyubomir Yotov <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile,gmane.os.freebsd.devel.wireless
Message-ID <CAHUyByRxi0GWU__3bp+HtwjkoJE2fUON_SdEh=7q7q+AhZEWWA@mail.gmail.com> 
Hello Adrian,

Attached are files with consecutive vmstat -i when the wlan is working
(vmstat-i_working.txt) and when the wlan is not working
(vmstat-i_not_working.txt). There is also output from ifconfig when the
wlan is not working (ifconfig.txt).
After some more deeper investigation it seems to me that the problem
appears after starting X with Gnome. I will continue investigating with
"reboot"/"halt -p" and inform you.
BTW do you think that starting Gnome session (using startx, as I haven't
set auto start of X if this is of any importance) can cause problems - in
Gnome I have no settings for the network in the "System->Network"
application and I start it with normal user?

Regards,

Lyubo


On 9 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can you please paste the vmstat -i output?
>
>
>
> adrian
>
> On 9 June 2013 06:53, Lyubomir Yotov <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > After restart from Windows and working wireless the number of interrupts
> > increases and the rate increases. After next restart (the ath0 times out)
> > the interrupts increase but the rate is going down.
> > I noticed that after restart from Windows and working wifi if I restart
> > /etc/rc.d/netif the wifi is working again. If I shutdown wlan0 and bring
> it
> > up again then I wlan0 doesn't get address but ath0 is not timing out. I
> can
> > still get a list with the available APs around.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Lyubo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hm!
> >>
> >> Ok, this should be working. I frequently test (read: every other day)
> >> with the AR5416. But you're not the first person to report this bug.
> >>
> >>
> >> Unfortunately when this happens, the interrupts aren't actually making
> >> it to the OS.
> >>
> >> Can you check the output of vmstat -i whilst you're doing it? The ath0
> >> counter should be increasing.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> adrian
> >>
> >> On 8 June 2013 06:49, Lyubomir Yotov <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> > I have a Thinkpad T60 with dual boot between Windows XP and FreeBSD
> >> > 9.1-Release:
> >> >
> >> > uname -a
> >> > FreeBSD T60.workgroup 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243826: Tue
> >> > Dec
> >> > 4 06:55:39 UTC 2012
> >> > [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> >> > i386
> >> >
> >> > I am trying to use my wifi card which is:
> >> >
> >> > dmesg
> >> > ....
> >> > ath0: <Atheros 5416> mem 0xedf00000-0xedf0ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on
> >> > pci3
> >> > ath0: AR5418 mac 12.10 RF5133 phy 8.1
> >> > ....
> >> >
> >> > pciconf -lv
> >> > ....
> >> > ath0@pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x0033168c
> chip=0x0024168c
> >> > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> >> >     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
> >> >     device     = 'AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter'
> >> >     class      = network
> >> > .....
> >> >
> >> > I followed several HOW-TOs in order to make it work. Unfortunately I
> it
> >> > is
> >> > working only after I reboot from my Windows installation (regardless
> of
> >> > the
> >> > position of the wifi switch on the front panel of the notebook). After
> >> > restart from Windows everything is fine - the wifi associates with the
> >> > AP
> >> > and I can use it. If I reboot the system during the boot and
> afterwards
> >> > I
> >> > constantly get:
> >> >
> >> > ath0: device timeout
> >> >
> >> > When I get the device status through ifconfig I can see that ath0 is
> >> > associated but wlan0 is not associated.
> >> >
> >> > ifconfig ath0
> >> > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> >> > 2290
> >> >         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
> >> >         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >> >         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
> >> >         status: associated
> >> >
> >> > ifconfig wlan0
> >> > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> >> > 1500
> >> >         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
> >> >         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >> >         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
> >> >         status: no carrier
> >> >         ssid "" channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g)
> >> >         regdomain 98 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
> >> >         txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300
> >> > bgscanidle
> >> > 250
> >> >         roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > In /var/log/messages I get:
> >> >
> >> > Jun  8 16:39:16 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Trying to associate with
> >> > 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx (SSID='access1' freq=2432 MHz)
> >> > Jun  8 16:39:20 PC kernel: ath0: device timeout
> >> > Jun  8 16:39:26 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Authentication with
> >> > 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx timed out.
> >> >
> >> > If I scan for wireless networks I get a list and my ap is in the list
> >> >
> >> > ifconfig wlan0 scan
> >> > SSID/MESH ID    BSSID              CHAN RATE   S:N     INT CAPS
> >> > net1      00:11:11:01:xx:xx    6   54M -68:-96  100 EP
> >> > 5edf9c          70:71:bc:26:xx:xx   11   54M -68:-96  100 EP   WPS WPA
> >> > WME
> >> > access1       54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx    5   54M -66:-96  100 EP   WPA HTCAP
> >> > WME
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > In rc.local I have:
> >> >
> >> > wlans_ath0="wlan0"
> >> > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> >> >
> >> > In wpa_supplicant I have:
> >> >
> >> > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> >> > eapol_version=2
> >> > ap_scan=1
> >> > fast_reauth=1
> >> >
> >> > network={
> >> >         ssid="access1"
> >> >         psk="secret1"
> >> >         priority=5
> >> > }
> >> > network={
> >> >         ssid="access2"
> >> >         psk="secret2"
> >> >         priority=5
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > I searched the net for solution to my problem but I couldn't find one.
> >> > Can
> >> > you help me with this?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> > Lyubomir
> >> > _______________________________________________
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> >
> >
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vmstat-i_working.txt (text/plain, 4.6 KB) 
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                         215          2
irq9: acpi0                          505          5
irq14: ata0                          129          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                    826          8
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      193053       2098
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          299          3
irq258: ahci0                       2757         29
Total                             197846       2150
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                         221          2
irq9: acpi0                          505          5
irq14: ata0                          138          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                    875          8
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      193658       1976
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          311          3
irq258: ahci0                       2784         28
Total                             198554       2026
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                         227          2
irq9: acpi0                          505          5
irq14: ata0                          141          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                    893          9
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      193866       1958
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          317          3
irq258: ahci0                       2789         28
Total                             198800       2008
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                         233          2
irq9: acpi0                          511          5
irq14: ata0                          144          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                    911          9
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      194122       1922
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          320          3
irq258: ahci0                       2790         27
Total                             199093       1971
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                         239          2
irq9: acpi0                          511          5
irq14: ata0                          144          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                    922          9
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      194282       1904
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          321          3
irq258: ahci0                       2790         27
Total                             199271       1953
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                         245          1
irq9: acpi0                          548          4
irq14: ata0                          180          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                   1156          9
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      197153       1564
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          372          2
irq258: ahci0                       2887         22
Total                             202603       1607
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                         251          1
irq9: acpi0                          548          4
irq14: ata0                          186          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                   1198          9
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      197660       1508
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          378          2
irq258: ahci0                       2887         22
Total                             203170       1550
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                         257          1
irq9: acpi0                          554          4
irq14: ata0                          189          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                   1219          9
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      197936       1488
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          380          2
irq258: ahci0                       2894         21
Total                             203491       1530
#
vmstat-i_not_working.txt (text/plain, 3.1 KB) 
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                         274          3
irq9: acpi0                          489          6
irq12: psm0                           12          0
irq14: ata0                          129          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                   1898         27
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      192011       2743
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                           59          0
irq258: ahci0                       2682         38
Total                             197616       2823
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                        1010          4
irq9: acpi0                          710          3
irq12: psm0                         4145         18
irq14: ata0                          357          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                   2784         12
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      211564        952
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          212          0
irq258: ahci0                       2923         13
Total                             223767       1007
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                        1133          4
irq9: acpi0                          753          2
irq12: psm0                         5555         22
irq14: ata0                          402          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                   3066         12
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      214610        851
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          241          0
irq258: ahci0                       2952         11
Total                             228774        907
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                        1162          4
irq9: acpi0                          784          2
irq12: psm0                         7895         29
irq14: ata0                          426          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                   3143         11
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      216869        809
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          257          0
irq258: ahci0                       2954         11
Total                             233552        871
# vmstat -i
interrupt                          total       rate
irq1: atkbd0                        1207          4
irq9: acpi0                          796          2
irq12: psm0                         9959         35
irq14: ata0                          450          1
irq17: ath0 uhci1                   3836         13
irq19: uhci3 ehci0                    15          0
irq20: hpet0                      218353        768
irq256: hdac0                         47          0
irq257: em0                          273          0
irq258: ahci0                       2960         10
Total                             237896        837
ifconfig.txt (text/plain, 870 B) 
# ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
        ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
        nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a
        status: associated
# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
        nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        ssid falcata channel 11 (2462 MHz 11g)
        regdomain 98 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
        txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
        roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL
root@T60:/home/lyubd # ath0: device timeout
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