Thinkpad T60 with Atheros working only after restart from Windows
Adrian Chadd
adrian at freebsd.org
Sun Jan 5 07:45:48 UTC 2014
Have you tried -11?
-a
On 30 December 2013 09:25, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Andrian,
>
> Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!
> I would like to ask if there is something on the horizon with the Atheros
> time outs? Is there any chance in getting it working without restart to
> Windows (in my case)? Is there anything else I can try? Currently I am with
> 9.2-RELEASE #0 r255898.
>
> All the best,
>
> Lyubomir
>
>
> On 17 July 2013 23:06, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> No problem, I fully understand you. If you manage to find something I
>> will be more than grateful. Anyway thanks for your time! I think you are
>> doing quite a god job!
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Lyubo
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16 July 2013 11:51, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, I don't have the time to try and debug this issue. If I had a
>>> T60 here that demonstrated this behaviour then I could try to fix it. But I
>>> unfortunately don't; all my T60 hardware has intel wifi. :(
>>>
>>> I can try putting an AR5418 in a T60 in a few weeks and see if it
>>> exhibits this behaviour. But don't hold your breath.
>>>
>>> Sorry :(
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -adrian
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 July 2013 13:30, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>> I tried with -HEAD liveCD as proposed by Vincent and ghostbsd live cd
>>>> but the situation is the same. I feel like I am missing something. On one
>>>> hand I can scan the wireless networks and the wifi card seems to be
>>>> working. On the other hand I cannot attach as the ath device times out
>>>> (which according to the ath man pages should not occur). I also tried to
>>>> encrypt the psk phrase with pwa_passphrase but with no success either. I
>>>> tested with Kali linux live cd and the wireless was working fine. I also
>>>> noticed that if I shutdown Windows and then start FreeBSD then the wifi
>>>> also behaves the same way - ath0: device timed out. Only restart from
>>>> Windows or restart from FreeBSD with working wifi can make the wifi work
>>>> again.
>>>> Do you have any other proposals?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Lyubomir
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 24 June 2013 23:39, Vincent Hoffman <vince at unsane.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As an easy test if you arent keen on making the leap just yet I'd
>>>>> suggest getting a snapshot CD and just boot it as a liveCD to test.
>>>>> either a snapshot
>>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/snapshots/
>>>>> or one of the daily builds from
>>>>> https://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/
>>>>> (for example
>>>>>
>>>>> https://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/amd64-amd64/10.0-HEAD-r252115-JPSNAP/iso/FreeBSD-10.0-HEAD-r252115-JPSNAP-amd64-amd64-release.iso
>>>>> )
>>>>>
>>>>> That said I run -CURRENT on my server at home (for the atheros driver)
>>>>> and dont have any problems with it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Vince
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 24/06/2013 21:01, Lyubomir Yotov wrote:
>>>>> > Hi Adrian,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I will try to get -HEAD on my T60 and will report back.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Lyubomir
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 24 June 2013 20:21, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Hi,
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Would you be willing to try a -HEAD snapshot on your laptop?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Maybe I've fixed it as part of the other driver work that I've done
>>>>> as
>>>>> >> part of development in -HEAD.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> But right now I really have no idea. I don't have a T60 here that
>>>>> has
>>>>> >> that chip in it. If all the T60 BIOSes allow AR5418 NICs then I can
>>>>> >> try it out, but all of the T60's I've played with thus far have the
>>>>> >> intel hardware in it.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Adrian
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On 21 June 2013 02:02, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>> Hello Adrian,
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Do you have any feedback on the matter?
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Regards,
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Lyubomir
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> On 13 June 2013 10:09, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>>> Hello Adrian,
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> I enabled acpi_ibm.ko but this didn't help and after "halt" the
>>>>> wifi is
>>>>> >>>> not working again.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Regards,
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Lyubomir
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> On 13 June 2013 08:03, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>> Hello Adrian,
>>>>> >>>>> I did some tests and discovered that the problem is related to
>>>>> >>>>> "halt"/"shutdown" of system. If "reboot" is carried out than
>>>>> there is
>>>>> >> no
>>>>> >>>>> problem and the wifi works properly (even if done from Gnome -
>>>>> Gnome
>>>>> >> seems
>>>>> >>>>> to have no relation to the problem). So what could lead to
>>>>> "ath0: time
>>>>> >> out"
>>>>> >>>>> after shutting down or halting the system? I noticed that there
>>>>> are irq
>>>>> >>>>> storms on irq 17 which is the wifi irq (interrupt storm detected
>>>>> on
>>>>> >>>>> "irq17:"; throttling interrupt source). Something else that I am
>>>>> not
>>>>> >> sure to
>>>>> >>>>> have relevance - after shutdown during the start-up ath0 is
>>>>> reported
>>>>> >> to use
>>>>> >>>>> autoselect mode 11g:
>>>>> >>>>> (below is from dmesg)
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> 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
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> After the boot has finished the mode changes to 11a:
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> #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
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Do you have any idea where to look for now?
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Regards,
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Lyubomir
>>>>> >>>>> P.S. I will try to play with acpi_ibm.ko and see if things
>>>>> change if I
>>>>> >>>>> make it auto-load.
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> On 10 June 2013 16:06, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>> 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 <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>>> Can you please paste the vmstat -i output?
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>> adrian
>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>>> On 9 June 2013 06:53, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com>
>>>>> 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 <adrian at freebsd.org>
>>>>> 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 <l.yotov at gmail.com>
>>>>> 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
>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> root at obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/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 at 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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