Wireless card (Atheros) on ThinkPad R60 does not work with Ubuntu 7.04

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Thanks Jérôme for looking into this issue...

Following is the required information:

1. vivek@vivek-linux:~$ uname -a
    Linux vivek-linux 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Wed May 23 01:46:23 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

2. vivek@vivek-linux:~$ dmesg > dmesg.log
    (dmesg.log file has been added to the attachment.tar.gz file attached)

3. vivek@vivek-linux:~$ lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log
    (lspci-vvnn.log file has been added to the attachment.tar.gz file attached)

Thank you, I'm marking this as confirmed.

I can confirm this bug too. On my Thinkpad R60, WLAN work fine with kernel 2.6.15-27-686 (both on Edgy and Feisty), while there is no life sign with 2.6.20-16-generic (although the 'ipw3945' module is loaded) on Feisty. Altough there are no errors/warnings whatsoever, the WLAN LED remains inactive.

Same problem on Thinkpad T61 with Atheros 5212 , with Ubuntu Hardy.

I found the card keep change from 802.11a to 11b to 11g when monitor the status by "iwconfig ath0"

~$ lspci | grep -i eth
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

~$ uname -a
Linux lenovo 2.6.24-11-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 29 22:08:31 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

~$ lsmod | grep -i ath
ath_rate_sample 14336 1
ath_pci 98592 0
wlan 207428 4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
ath_hal 192592 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci

Hi qq274980,

Care to attach your dmesg output. Just curious if any interesting messages are being reported.

Also note that we'll keep this open against the actively developed kernel (Hardy Heron at the moment) but this will be closed against 2.6.20. Thanks.

same as qq274980

except running 2.6.24-19

syslog:
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/ath0 for sub-path ath0.dbus.get.reason
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <debug> [1213853778.540001] nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_activation_ap(): Forcing AP 'Public'
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/ath0 / Public
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device ath0.
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Device ath0 activation scheduled...
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) started...
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Jun 19 00:36:18 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless): access point 'Public' is unencrypted, no key needed.
Jun 19 00:36:19 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> retry to connect to global supplicant socket (try=1)
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD ath0^I^Imadwifi^I/var/run/wpa_supplicant0^I'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 5075626c6963'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'
Jun 19 00:36:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Jun 19 00:36:35 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'ath0' activating, won't change.
Jun 19 00:37:20 michael-laptop last message repeated 3 times
Jun 19 00:38:06 michael-laptop last message repeated 3 times
Jun 19 00:38:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless): association took too long (>120s), failing activation.
Jun 19 00:38:20 michael-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (at...

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>> I found the card keep change from 802.11a to 11b to 11g when monitor the status by "iwconfig ath0"
>>

The problem has been fixed for a long time. NetworkManager works well since last two months!

dmesg output :
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[ 5.165334] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 5.166630] PM: Finishing wakeup.
[ 5.166632] Restarting tasks ... <6>usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 4
[ 5.167755] done.
[ 5.279856] Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k2-NAPI
[ 5.279860] Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
[ 5.279917] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:19.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 5.279937] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:19.0 to 64
[ 5.286383] e1000: 0000:00:19.0: e1000_probe: (PCI Express:2.5Gb/s:Width x1) 00:1a:6b:ce:11:29
[ 5.340607] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[ 5.345325] udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1
[ 5.344833] usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
[ 5.417372] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 5.435504] input: HID 04b3:3107 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input13
[ 5.487763] ath_pci: 0.9.4
[ 5.487831] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 5.487851] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
[ 5.624943] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [HID 04b3:3107] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
[ 5.004171] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[ 5.006352] udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1
[ 5.008187] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 5.027022] input: HID 04b3:3107 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input14
[ 5.056347] ath_pci: 0.9.4
[ 5.056404] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 5.056420] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
[ 5.605268] wifi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 5.605278] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
[ 5.605282] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 5.605290] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
[ 5.605294] wifi0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
[ 5.605299] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
[ 5.605300] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
[ 5.605302] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
[ 5.605304] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
[ 5.605305] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
[ 5.605307] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
[ 5.605673] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xdf3f0000, irq=21
[ 5.619401] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [HID 04b3:3107] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1

syslog output:
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