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Natty Thinkpad T40 wireless won't connect

Bug #743865 reported by jerrylamos on 2011-03-27

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Wireless connected fine on Ubuntu 10.10 IBM Thinkpad T40 lspci Network shows:

/media/Meerkat1010/home/jerry/ifconfig.mav

ifconfig on Natty shows:

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:8a:dc:3a:f8
          inet6 addr: fe80::202:8aff:fedc:3af8/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:16 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:16
          TX packets:6 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:396 (396.0 B)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000

ifconfig on Maverick shows:

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:8a:dc:3a:f8
          inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::202:8aff:fedc:3af8/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:70 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:2
          TX packets:72 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:6 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:7137 (7.1 KB) TX bytes:10111 (10.1 KB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000

There's error messages in /var/log/syslog which I'll attach if ubuntu-bug doesn't

Jerry

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-7-generic 2.6.38-7.39
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: jerry 1353 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 11'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 18
Card29.Amixer.info:
Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 1RHT71WW-3.04'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 1RHT71WW-3.04'
   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 11 [79%] [off]
Date: Sun Mar 27 16:54:18 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=/dev/sda8
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110302)
MachineType: IBM 23736U0
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
   no product info available
Socket 1:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
   no card
Socket 1:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-7-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-7-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.49
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/13/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 1RETDNWW (3.19 )
dmi.board.name: 23736U0
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:bvr1RETDNWW(3.19):bd10/13/2005:svnIBM:pn23736U0:pvrThinkPadT40:rvnIBM:rn23736U0:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 23736U0
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T40
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote on 2011-03-27:

AcpiTables.txt Edit (230.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AlsaDevices.txt Edit (650 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AplayDevices.txt Edit (323 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ArecordDevices.txt Edit (622 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (54.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Amixer.values.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.txt Edit (664 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.regs.txt Edit (767 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (399 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (11.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (477 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciMultimedia.txt Edit (746 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (525 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo_.txt Edit (524 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (112.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (250.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (101.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote on 2011-03-27:

syslog from natty failing to connect to wireless Edit (327.2 KiB, text/plain)

Didn't notice /var/log/syslog in ubuntu-bug attchements so I'll attach it.

I can provide Ubuntu 10.10 syslog if it is of interest.

Jerry

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote on 2011-03-27:

Network line from lspci shows this hardware:

Network controller: AIRONET Wireless Communications Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b

Jerry

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote on 2011-04-01:

wireless script output showing Natty failure to connect Edit (7.0 KiB, text/plain)

Tried the wireless script: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wirelessscript/files/

Works fine on Meerkat. Fails on Natty.

Attached is a file showing the differences in the .txt output from running the script.

The syslog on Natty has complaints, the wireless network is detected but won't connect. Meerkat does fine.

Jerry

Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2011-05-04

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2012-03-31:

jerrylamos, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. 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? 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 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.

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

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote on 2012-04-01:

Same problem in Oneiric Ocelot all the way through Alpha, Beta, release.
Same problem in Precise Pangolin all the way through Alpha, and in Beta 1 and Beta 2 both ubuntu and lubuntu, both generic-pae and generic.

I'm able to connect by plugging in an ancient Realtec pci card.

Precise Pangolin then shows two wireless adapters.

Pangolin tries to connect with the Aero, does connect, then disconnects.

The Realtek runs O.K.

Periodically, Pangolin will try to connect the Aero again, puts a pop up window that it is disconnected (kernel problem really).
Sometimes I can select disconnect and it gives me another disconnect message then doesn't do it again until next boot. Then again tries the Aero, connects, shortly thereafter disconnects, pop up window, etc.

I'm on another pc at the moment or I could give you the adapter info.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-05-31:

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

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

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