Bugzilla – Bug 103879
atheros driver broken
Last modified: 2007-06-05 10:04:57 UTC
The atheros driver has some severe problems: * after some time, it will not accept packages from externally unless I start a network connection from my laptop (ssh to laptop fails;ping from laptop works;ssh to laptop works again) * it seems that after a suspend to RAM the wireless driver is not working correctly.
I guess it has nothing to do with suspend to RAM, try ifdown/ifup for several times and check whether the interface gets an ip address via dhcp every time. It failed for me the third time.
Additional info - dmesg reports missing symbols, ath_rate_sample: no version for "ether_sprintf" found: kernel tainted. ath_rate_sample: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_tx_complete ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_attach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_newassoc ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_dynamic_sysctl_register ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_detach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_probe ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_node_cleanup ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_detach ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_node_init ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_findrate ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_newstate ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_setupxtxdesc ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes
Comment 1: Does it occur with Beta2 as well? Comment 2: Please install kernel-default-nongpl (ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.0/).
Fixed for me with beta2.
(In reply to comment #4) > Fixed for me with beta2. This reappeared in beta3, and not resolved in any subsequent betas or RC1 The symptoms are the same as above with dmesg output. The defaul-kernel nongpl depends on an earlier kernel versoin. If someone has succesfully got this working with the atheros client - let me know. ath_pci is the module name. The dmesg outpu happens as soon as yast - network config is run.
You need to download and install the kernel-default-nongpl package matching your kernel version. If you run RC1, you have to install the one from ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-RC1-Extra/... to get the card running.
(In reply to comment #6) > You need to download and install the kernel-default-nongpl package matching > your kernel version. If you run RC1, you have to install the one from > ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-RC1-Extra/... to get the card > running. Theres only "one" in there - and its the http://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-RC1-Extra/kernel-modules+firmware/suse/i586/kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.13-8.i586.rpm -please forgive me if I am missing something.