Comment 13 for bug 580398

Revision history for this message
Lex Ross (lross) wrote : Re: ath5k gain calibration timeout when watching flash video

I don't think it is Flash related issue. I have the same problem on x64 11.10 and 12.04 up to the recent kernel 3.2.0-29
In my case, the bug causes intermittent and weak signal to be received even in the close proximity of an access point, and slow wireless connection. Then in about an hour or so the wireless connection is broken and there is no way to reconnect to the access point until reboot. I get the following error messages from ath5k:

Aug 16 22:43:28 mars kernel: [210282.485123] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2427MHz)
Aug 16 22:43:28 mars kernel: [210282.939973] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2432MHz)
Aug 16 22:43:29 mars kernel: [210283.393702] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2437MHz)
Aug 16 22:43:29 mars kernel: [210283.845470] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2442MHz)
Aug 16 22:43:30 mars kernel: [210284.297389] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2447MHz)
Aug 16 22:43:30 mars kernel: [210284.749028] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2452MHz)
Aug 16 22:43:31 mars kernel: [210285.199180] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2457MHz)
Aug 16 22:43:31 mars kernel: [210285.648754] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2462MHz)
Aug 16 22:43:33 mars kernel: [210287.454040] net_ratelimit: 3 callbacks suppressed
Aug 16 22:43:33 mars kernel: [210287.454045] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2412MHz)