Thinkpad T60 with Atheros working only after restart from Windows
Lyubomir Yotov
l.yotov at gmail.com
Sun Jan 5 16:53:44 UTC 2014
Not yet but I will give it a go these days.
Thanks,
Lyubomir
On 5 January 2014 09:45, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 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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