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MacBook Pro 5.2 - Wifi unusable (wl driver)

Bug #653945 reported by Rolf Offermanns
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Bug Description

Since I update to Maverick my Wifi is unusable (really!) slow. It worked fine on Lucid. I know this might be a wl driver issue, but according the packages.ubuntu.com the driver is the same on Lucid and Maverick.

Here what I tried (found in forums):

1. iwconfig eth1 set power off
-> improves the situation, but only partly. Without this I get download rates < 10k/s. After this command the download rates (e.g. in ktorrent) steadily change from < 10k/s to > 900k/s *and back*. Up and down the whole time.

2. Recompiling the kernel and without "CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS".
-> No change.

This is an unfortunate regression from Lucid and I really hope it can be fixed.
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: rolf 2161 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xdf480000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889A'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0885,106b4600,00100103'
   Controls : 36
   Simple ctrls : 20
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=01ed27fe-e3b8-4711-b504-3b4d1f31fa84
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100902.1)
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro5,2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=25b46025-2f9f-4477-b1e2-8ed28b5915fb ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
Reproducible: Yes
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Tags: maverick kernel-net regression-proposed needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 05/04/09
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP52.88Z.008E.B05.0905042202
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-F2268EC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F2268EC8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP52.88Z.008E.B05.0905042202:bd05/04/09:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro5,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F2268EC8:rvr:cvnAppleInc.:ct8:cvrMac-F2268EC8:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro5,2
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

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Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) wrote :

Hello
Can you please run in a terminal
apport-collect -p linux 653945
Thanks
Fabio

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Rolf Offermanns (rolf-offermanns) wrote : AcpiTables.txt

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Rolf Offermanns (rolf-offermanns) wrote : AlsaDevices.txt

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Rolf Offermanns (rolf-offermanns) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

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Rolf Offermanns (rolf-offermanns) wrote : Card0.Amixer.values.txt

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Rolf Offermanns (rolf-offermanns) wrote : CurrentDmesg.txt

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Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) wrote :

Hello Rolf
Thanks for support
Fabio

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status: Incomplete → New
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Rolf Offermanns (rolf-offermanns) wrote :

Update: I downgraded the broadcom-sta driver to Lucids version 5.10.91.9. It works much better if not perfect.

I had to make two modifications to this version in order to compile it with 2.6.35-22-generic.

1. linuxver.h: Replace "linux/autoconf.h" with "generated/autoconf.h"
2. Multicast setup: Uncomment the stuff which access no-longer-present mc_list and mc_count.

Not nice, but I am too lazu to investigate further.

Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)
tags: added: maverick regression-release
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Rolf Offermanns, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

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

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

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

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status: Incomplete → Expired
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