[Bug 584780] [NEW] ath5k driver with WPA2 breaks on Lucid kernel 2.6.32-22

Mon May 24 01:35:53 UTC 2010

Public bug reported:

Seemed related to other bugs, but this is a new issue. Hardware is a
Thinkpad R51e with Atheros chip:

  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci at 0000:04:02.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:16:ce:61:40:aa
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k ip=10.11.12.108 latency=168 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:22 memory:a0300000-a030ffff

Driver worked fine in 9.10, and on new installation of  10.04. On
upgrading kernel from  2.6.32-21 to  2.6.32-22, problems started to
occur. Initial connection to WPA2 access point is fine on boot up. After
around 1 hour, connection will drop and cannot be re-negotiated.
Restarting network is ineffective. Change to wicd is ineffective.
Rebooting is the only way to get a connection again.

Rebooting into kernel  2.6.32-21 also fixes the problem.

Entries in logfiles around the time of the problem:
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 6 -> 4 (reason 0)
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5 (reason 0)
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'Auto doughnut' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value 'doughnut'
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>'
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: nm_setting_802_1x_get_pkcs11_engine_path: assertion `NM_IS_SETTING_802_1X (setting)' failed
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: nm_setting_802_1x_get_pkcs11_module_path: assertion `NM_IS_SETTING_802_1X (setting)' failed
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
May 20 10:07:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -> scanning
May 20 10:08:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long.
May 20 10:08:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 6 (reason 0)
May 20 10:08:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): asking for new secrets
May 20 10:08:27 porky NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> disconnected
May 20 10:08:42 porky NetworkManager: <info>  wlan0: link timed out.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-21-generic 2.6.32-21.32
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  slave      1628 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'IXP'/'ATI IXP rev 2 with AD1981B at 0xa0003400, irq 17'
   Mixer name	: 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components	: 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls      : 28
   Simple ctrls  : 20
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Modem'/'ATI IXP Modem rev 2 at 0xa0003800, irq 17'
   Mixer name	: 'Conexant id 23'
   Components	: 'AC97m:43585423'
   Controls      : 2
   Simple ctrls  : 2
Card1.Codecs.codec97.0.mc97.1.1:
 1-1/0: Conexant id 23

 Extended modem ID: codec=1 LIN1
 Modem status     : PRA(GPIO) PRB(res) PRC(ADC1) PRD(DAC1) PRE(ADC2) PRF(DAC2) PRG(HADC) PRH(HDAC)
 Line1 rate       : 8000Hz
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 78HT06WW-1.01'
   Mixer name	: 'ThinkPad EC 78HT06WW-1.01'
   Components	: ''
   Controls      : 2
   Simple ctrls  : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Limits: Playback 0 - 14
   Mono: Playback 7 [50%] [on]
Date: Mon May 24 09:31:32 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5e3e7ed8-9cb4-4d97-881f-942c83ff605b
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427.1)
Lsusb:
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 15d9:0a4d Dexon 
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=7395832c-75f6-4dce-8121-ad3446541b58 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_PH.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
WifiSyslog:
 May 24 08:39:25 porky kernel: [ 3519.276896] cfg80211: Found new beacon on frequency: 2472 MHz (Ch 13) on phy0
 May 24 09:21:33 porky kernel: [ 6047.092333] pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage from process: lshw.
 May 24 09:21:33 porky kernel: [ 6047.092339] pcmcia: This interface will soon be removed from the kernel; please expect breakage unless you upgrade to new tools.
 May 24 09:21:33 porky kernel: [ 6047.092342] pcmcia: see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/pcmcia.html for details.
dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 78ET71WW (1.61 )
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr78ET71WW(1.61):bd12/07/2006:svnIBM:pn:pvrThinkPadR51e:rvnIBM:rn:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad R51e
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid needs-upstream-testing networking regression-release

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ath5k driver with WPA2 breaks on Lucid kernel 2.6.32-22
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584780
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