Atheros AR2413 wireless card works very unstable

Bug #622130 reported by Vasily
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Expired
Medium
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Bug Description

Atheros AR2413 constantly drops connections. It last worked normally in Karmic's 2.6.31 kernel. It didn't work properly in Lucid (that's why I'm tagging it as regression-release, although I'm testing under Maverick) and doesn't work in Maverick. It is impossible to fully load almost any webpage, because the connection gets dropped in the middle.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-17-generic 2.6.35-17.23
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-17.23-generic 2.6.35.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-17-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: gigla 1319 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Нет такого файла или каталога
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'IXP'/'ATI IXP rev 80 with Cx20468-31 at 0xc0004800, irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant Cx20468-31'
   Components : 'AC97a:43585430'
   Controls : 23
   Simple ctrls : 16
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Modem'/'ATI IXP Modem rev 80 at 0xc0004c00, irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant Cx20468-31'
   Components : 'AC97m:43585430'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 2
Card1.Codecs.codec97.0.mc97.0.0:
 0-0/0: Conexant Cx20468-31

 Extended modem ID: codec=0 LIN1
 Modem status : GPIO
 Line1 rate : 48000Hz
Date: Sun Aug 22 12:35:34 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=35fafad1-8b8a-4af5-90fc-955f3031e287
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 062a:0102 Creative Labs Wireless Keyboard/Mouse Combo [MK1152WC]
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c518 Logitech, Inc. MX610 Laser Cordless Mouse
 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
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite L100
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-17-generic root=UUID=1f376818-23c9-47bb-83fb-f78085068bd2 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=ru_RU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 01/11/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: V3.20
dmi.board.name: Satellite L100
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV3.20:bd01/11/2007:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteL100:pvrPSLA3E-02S01CRU:rvnTOSHIBA:rnSatelliteL100:rvrNotApplicable:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Satellite L100
dmi.product.version: PSLA3E-02S01CRU
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA

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Vasily (vasily-aa) wrote :
description: updated
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
tags: added: acpi-parse-exec-fail
tags: added: embedded-controller
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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John Leach (johnleach) wrote :

Same with me here on Ubuntu Natty. I first thought it was an mtu issue but it's the same even when I drop the mtu.

I don't see any packet loss when sending pings (even large pings) but firefox or chrome both hang whilst loading sites and I can see tcp retransmissions being sent out.

The same machine works fine other a wired connection.

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John Leach (johnleach) wrote :

I fixed this with the nohwcrypt option as detailed in bug #568090

I think this is a dupe of that bug.

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Vasily, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.13-rc5

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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