Here is a little snippet of dmesg, just after I brought the link up.

b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.6.54.21 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=16037 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=57570 DPT=80 WINDOW=227 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B6F416FD3DC29) 
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.137.96.7 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=10146 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=39841 DPT=80 WINDOW=589 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B77F70FA3EE62) 
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm

Here is iwconfig wlan0

mtcs...@sybill:~/Desktop> sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"MBR-6d2"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.417 GHz  Access Point: 00:30:44:02:76:D2   
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
          Encryption key:7761-7465-7266-616C-6C30-3030-30   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=51/100  Signal level:-5 dBm  Noise level=-17 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Note that while b43-phy0 debug says desired output is 15.0dBm, iwconfig says 
it's askigng for 27. 

Next I went about doing other things and when I saw the interface go down 
(NetworkManager) I shot off another dmesg. So, the very end of this message was 
within seconds of the interface going down.

I may have to reinstalll frm scratch, I seem to have screwed up my kernel 
sources, I can't compile a new 'default' kernel. Let me know what you think of 
my little problem and what i should try next.

Regards

John

Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Linux version 2.6.27.7-9-debug (ge...@buildhost) (gcc version 4.3.2 
[gcc-4_3-branch revision 141291] (SUSE Linux) ) #2 SMP Sun Feb 22 16:55:19 EST 
2009
PAT WC disabled due to known CPU erratum.
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000ce000 - 00000000000d0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000dc000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003dee0000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000003dee0000 - 000000003deec000 (ACPI data)
 BIOS-e820: 000000003deec000 - 000000003df00000 (ACPI NVS)
 BIOS-e820: 000000003df00000 - 0000000040000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 - 00000000ffc00000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fffffc00 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
DMI present.
last_pfn = 0x3dee0 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
kernel direct mapping tables up to 38000000 @ 7000-c000
RAMDISK: 37515000 - 37fefc04
ACPI: RSDP 000F6560, 0014 (r0 HP    )
ACPI: RSDT 3DEE674D, 0030 (r1 HP     3084      6040000  LTP        0)
ACPI: FACP 3DEEBED2, 0074 (r1 HP     3084      6040000 PTL        50)
ACPI: DSDT 3DEE6C96, 523C (r1 HP     3084      6040000 MSFT  100000E)
ACPI: FACS 3DEFCFC0, 0040
ACPI: BOOT 3DEEBFD8, 0028 (r1 HP     3084      6040000  LTP        1)
ACPI: SSDT 3DEE6B84, 010A (r1 HP     3084            1 INTL 20030224)
ACPI: DMI detected: Hewlett-Packard
94MB HIGHMEM available.
896MB LOWMEM available.
  mapped low ram: 0 - 38000000
  low ram: 00000000 - 38000000
  bootmap 00009000 - 00010000
(9 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 0038000000]
  #0 [0000000000 - 0000001000]   BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
  #1 [0000001000 - 0000002000]    EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
  #2 [0000006000 - 0000007000]       TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000]
  #3 [0000100000 - 00006449dc]    TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000100000 - 00006449dc]
  #4 [0037515000 - 0037fefc04]          RAMDISK ==> [0037515000 - 0037fefc04]
  #5 [0000645000 - 0000648000]    INIT_PG_TABLE ==> [0000645000 - 0000648000]
  #6 [000009f800 - 0000100000]    BIOS reserved ==> [000009f800 - 0000100000]
  #7 [0000007000 - 0000009000]          PGTABLE ==> [0000007000 - 0000009000]
  #8 [0000009000 - 0000010000]          BOOTMAP ==> [0000009000 - 0000010000]
Zone PFN ranges:
  DMA      0x00000000 -> 0x00001000
  Normal   0x00001000 -> 0x00038000
  HighMem  0x00038000 -> 0x0003dee0
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000000 -> 0x0000009f
    0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0003dee0
On node 0 totalpages: 253567
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0512c00, node_mem_map c1000000
  DMA zone: 3963 pages, LIFO batch:0
  Normal zone: 223300 pages, LIFO batch:31
  HighMem zone: 24074 pages, LIFO batch:3
Using APIC driver default
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
mapped APIC to ffffb000 (018bc000)
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000ce000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000ce000 - 00000000000d0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000d0000 - 00000000000dc000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000dc000 - 0000000000100000
Allocating PCI resources starting at 50000000 (gap: 40000000:bf800000)
PERCPU: Allocating 39068 bytes of per cpu data
NR_CPUS: 32, nr_cpu_ids: 1, nr_node_ids 1
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 251337
Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TS32GSSD25-M_00229828003E-part6 
resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TS32GSSD25-M_00229828003E-part5 splash=silent 
vga=0x317
bootsplash: silent mode.
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 16384 bytes)
TSC: PIT calibration confirmed by PMTIMER.
TSC: using PMTIMER calibration value
Detected 1298.892 MHz processor.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Memory: 987640k/1014656k available (2334k kernel code, 26340k reserved, 1920k 
data, 316k init, 97152k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
    fixmap  : 0xffdf6000 - 0xfffff000   (2084 kB)
    pkmap   : 0xff400000 - 0xff800000   (4096 kB)
    vmalloc : 0xf8800000 - 0xff3fe000   ( 107 MB)
    lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xf8000000   ( 896 MB)
      .init : 0xc052e000 - 0xc057d000   ( 316 kB)
      .data : 0xc034785b - 0xc0527a90   (1920 kB)
      .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc034785b   (2334 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
CPA: page pool initialized 1 of 1 pages preallocated
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 
2597.78 BogoMIPS (lpj=5195568)
kdb version 4.4 by Keith Owens, Scott Lurndal. Copyright SGI, All Rights 
Reserved
Security Framework initialized
SELinux:  Disabled at boot.
AppArmor: AppArmor initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Initializing cgroup subsys ns
Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
Initializing cgroup subsys memory
Initializing cgroup subsys devices
Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 512K
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Freeing SMP alternatives: 12k freed
ACPI: Core revision 20080609
ACPI: Checking initramfs for custom DSDT
Parsing all Control Methods:
Table [DSDT](id 0001) - 709 Objects with 58 Devices 210 Methods 16 Regions
Parsing all Control Methods:
Table [SSDT](id 0002) - 1 Objects with 0 Devices 1 Methods 0 Regions
 tbxface-0596 [00] tb_load_namespace     : ACPI Tables successfully acquired
ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0c20)
evxfevnt-0091 [00] enable                : Transition to ACPI mode successful
weird, boot CPU (#0) not listedby the BIOS.
SMP motherboard not detected.
Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
SMP disabled
Brought up 1 CPUs
Total of 1 processors activated (2597.78 BogoMIPS).
CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
net_namespace: 1044 bytes
Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd9a2, last bus=2
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
evgpeblk-0957 [00] ev_create_gpe_block   : GPE 00 to 1F [_GPE] 4 regs on int 0x9
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
Completing Region/Field/Buffer/Package 
initialization:........................................................
Initialized 14/16 Regions 0/0 Fields 22/22 Buffers 20/20 Packages (719 nodes)
Initializing Device/Processor/Thermal objects by executing _INI methods:.
Executed 1 _INI methods requiring 0 _STA executions (examined 62 objects)
evgpeblk-1054 [00] ev_initialize_gpe_bloc: Found 5 Wake, Enabled 0 Runtime GPEs 
in this block
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x1d, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
ACPI: EC: driver started in interrupt mode
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
PCI: 0000:00:02.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [e8000000, efffffff]
PCI: 0000:00:02.0 reg 14 32bit mmio: [e0000000, e007ffff]
PCI: 0000:00:02.0 reg 18 io port: [1800, 1807]
pci 0000:00:02.0: supports D1
PCI: 0000:00:02.1 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0000000, f7ffffff]
PCI: 0000:00:02.1 reg 14 32bit mmio: [e0080000, e00fffff]
pci 0000:00:02.1: supports D1
PCI: 0000:00:1d.0 reg 20 io port: [1820, 183f]
PCI: 0000:00:1d.1 reg 20 io port: [1840, 185f]
PCI: 0000:00:1d.2 reg 20 io port: [1860, 187f]
PCI: 0000:00:1d.7 reg 10 32bit mmio: [e0100000, e01003ff]
pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# disabled
HPET not enabled in BIOS. You might try hpet=force boot option
pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 10 io port: [0, 7]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 14 io port: [0, 3]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 18 io port: [0, 7]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 1c io port: [0, 3]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 20 io port: [1810, 181f]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.1 reg 24 32bit mmio: [0, 3ff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.3 reg 20 io port: [1880, 189f]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.5 reg 10 io port: [1c00, 1cff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.5 reg 14 io port: [18c0, 18ff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.5 reg 18 32bit mmio: [e0100c00, e0100dff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.5 reg 1c 32bit mmio: [e0100800, e01008ff]
pci 0000:00:1f.5: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1f.5: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:00:1f.6 reg 10 io port: [2400, 24ff]
PCI: 0000:00:1f.6 reg 14 io port: [2000, 207f]
pci 0000:00:1f.6: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1f.6: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:02:00.0 reg 10 io port: [3000, 30ff]
PCI: 0000:02:00.0 reg 14 32bit mmio: [e0202000, e02020ff]
pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1
pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D2
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:02:05.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [0, fff]
pci 0000:02:05.0: supports D1
pci 0000:02:05.0: supports D2
pci 0000:02:05.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:05.0: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:02:06.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [e0200000, e0201fff]
pci 0000:00:1e.0: transparent bridge
PCI: bridge 0000:00:1e.0 io port: [3000, 3fff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:1e.0 32bit mmio: [e0200000, e02fffff]
bus 00 -> node 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIB._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs *10)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs *5)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs *11)
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 7 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
ACPI: RTC can wake from S4
system 00:04: ioport range 0x600-0x60f has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x800-0x80f has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x1000-0x107f has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x1180-0x11bf has been reserved
system 00:04: iomem range 0xfec10000-0xfec1ffff has been reserved
pci 0000:02:05.0: CardBus bridge, secondary bus 0000:03
pci 0000:02:05.0:   IO window: 0x003400-0x0034ff
pci 0000:02:05.0:   IO window: 0x003800-0x0038ff
pci 0000:02:05.0:   PREFETCH window: 0x50000000-0x53ffffff
pci 0000:02:05.0:   MEM window: 0x58000000-0x5bffffff
pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:02
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   IO window: 0x3000-0x3fff
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   MEM window: 0xe0200000-0xe02fffff
pci 0000:00:1e.0:   PREFETCH window: 0x00000050000000-0x00000053ffffff
pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] enabled at IRQ 11
vendor=8086 device=2448
PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
pci 0000:02:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKE] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
bus: 00 index 0 io port: [0, ffff]
bus: 00 index 1 mmio: [0, ffffffff]
bus: 02 index 0 io port: [3000, 3fff]
bus: 02 index 1 mmio: [e0200000, e02fffff]
bus: 02 index 2 mmio: [50000000, 53ffffff]
bus: 02 index 3 io port: [0, ffff]
bus: 02 index 4 mmio: [0, ffffffff]
bus: 03 index 0 io port: [3400, 34ff]
bus: 03 index 1 io port: [3800, 38ff]
bus: 03 index 2 mmio: [50000000, 53ffffff]
bus: 03 index 3 mmio: [58000000, 5bffffff]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
Unpacking initramfs...<7>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
 done
Freeing initrd memory: 11115k freed
Simple Boot Flag at 0x36 set to 0x1
Machine check exception polling timer started.
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(1235324133.524:1): initialized
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
HugeTLB registered 4 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
msgmni has been set to 440
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe8000000, mapped to 0xf8880000, using 6144k, total 
32576k
vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=20
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0
bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...
bootsplash: silentjpeg size 100719 bytes
bootsplash: ...found (1024x768, 38691 bytes, v3).
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 124x44
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver8 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 5
PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
serial 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
serial 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B disabled
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PSM1] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
registered taskstats version 1
Freeing unused kernel memory: 316k freed
Write protecting the kernel text: 2336k
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1728k
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as 
/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2])
processor ACPI_CPU:00: registered as cooling_device0
Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (53 C)
ACPI: No dock devices found.
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.12
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: enabling device (0005 -> 0007)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64
scsi0 : ata_piix
scsi1 : ata_piix
ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0x1810 irq 14
ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x1818 irq 15
ata1: clearing spurious IRQ
ata1.00: ATA-8: TS32GSSD25-M, V0826, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: 62586880 sectors, multi 0: LBA 
ata1: clearing spurious IRQ
ata1: clearing spurious IRQ
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata2: clearing spurious IRQ
ata2.00: ATAPI: PHILIPS CD-RW/DVD-ROM CDD5263, UH89, max MWDMA2
ata2: clearing spurious IRQ
ata2: clearing spurious IRQ
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 5.9, id: 0x236eb3, caps: 0x904713/0x10008
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      TS32GSSD25-M     V082 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            PHILIPS  CDRW/DVD CDD5263 UH89 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
udevd version 128 started
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input1
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 11
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: PCI INT D -> Link[LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 32 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 11, io mem 0xe0100000
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 62586880 512-byte hardware sectors: (32.0GB/29.8GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support 
DPO or FUA
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 62586880 512-byte hardware sectors: (32.0GB/29.8GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support 
DPO or FUA
 sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 >
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-debug ehci_hcd
usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10
PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 10, io base 0x00001820
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-debug uhci_hcd
usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 11, io base 0x00001840
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-debug uhci_hcd
usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 11, io base 0x00001860
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-debug uhci_hcd
usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
PM: Starting manual resume from disk
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda6, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
udevd version 128 started
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 855GM Chipset
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 32636K stolen memory
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000
input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input3
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
input: Power Button (CM) as 
/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input4
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
acpi device:05: registered as cooling_device1
input: Video Bus as 
/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/device:02/input/input5
ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes  rom: yes  post: no)
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
intel_rng: FWH not detected
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.03 (30-Apr-2008)
iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x1060)
iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004)
8139cp 0000:02:00.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip
8139cp 0000:02:00.0: Try the "8139too" driver instead.
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:05.0 [103c:3084]
Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
Yenta TI: socket 0000:02:05.0, mfunc 0x01111112, devctl 0x64
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 1x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x00d8, PCI irq 11
Socket status: 30000006
Yenta: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#02) from #02 to #06
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0x3000 - 0x3fff
cs: IO port probe 0x3000-0x3fff: clean.
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xe0200000 - 0xe02fffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x50000000 - 0x53ffffff
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input6
vendor=8086 device=2448
8139too 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf91be000, 00:c0:9f:51:32:d1, IRQ 10
eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Intel ICH 0000:00:1f.5: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Intel ICH 0000:00:1f.5: setting latency timer to 64
rtc_cmos 00:01: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one month, y3k
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 53963 usecs
intel8x0: clocking to 48000
vendor=8086 device=2448
b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:06.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 11
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:06.0
Intel ICH Modem 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 5
Intel ICH Modem 0000:00:1f.6: setting latency timer to 64
ALSA /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c:2154: MC'97 0 
converters and GPIO not ready (0x1)
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 2, Type 2, Revision 2
b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
Adding 1502004k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1502004k
device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.14.0-ioctl (2008-04-23) initialised: [email protected]
loop: module loaded
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda7, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
fuse init (API version 7.9)
type=1505 audit(1235342144.707:2): operation="profile_load" name="/bin/ping" 
name2="default" pid=1596
type=1505 audit(1235342144.843:3): operation="profile_load" name="/sbin/klogd" 
name2="default" pid=1623
type=1505 audit(1235342145.087:4): operation="profile_load" 
name="/sbin/syslog-ng" name2="default" pid=1636
type=1505 audit(1235342145.359:5): operation="profile_load" 
name="/sbin/syslogd" name2="default" pid=1677
type=1505 audit(1235342145.547:6): operation="profile_load" 
name="/usr/sbin/avahi-daemon" name2="default" pid=1701
type=1505 audit(1235342145.771:7): operation="profile_load" 
name="/usr/sbin/identd" name2="default" pid=1712
type=1505 audit(1235342145.963:8): operation="profile_load" 
name="/usr/sbin/mdnsd" name2="default" pid=1729
type=1505 audit(1235342146.855:9): operation="profile_load" 
name="/usr/sbin/nscd" name2="default" pid=1747
type=1505 audit(1235342147.123:10): operation="profile_load" 
name="/usr/sbin/ntpd" name2="default" pid=1757
type=1505 audit(1235342147.359:11): operation="profile_load" 
name="/usr/sbin/traceroute" name2="default" pid=1767
powernow: This module only works with AMD K7 CPUs
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max)
CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Plase use
nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel paramater, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
pci 0000:00:02.1: setting latency timer to 64
[drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 1
[drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR* Unknown parameter 5
IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14a <[email protected]>
firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-09-05
microcode: CPU0 updated from revision 0x45 to 0x47, date = 11092004 
[drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR* Unknown parameter 5
bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
eth0: link down
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input7
firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
b43-phy0 debug: PIO initialized
Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
NET: Registered protocol family 17
[drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR* Unknown parameter 5
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.13
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.11
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.10
Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
Bridge firewalling registered
pan0: Dropping NETIF_F_UFO since no NETIF_F_HW_CSUM feature.
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
b43-phy0 debug: Using hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:30:44:02:76:d2 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
wlan0: associated
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.0.1, on dev wlan0
ll header: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:30:44:02:76:d2:08:00
martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.0.1, on dev wlan0
ll header: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:30:44:02:76:d2:08:00
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=248 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=228 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=472 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=452 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=472 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=452 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=472 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=452 
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
st: Version 20080504, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=64 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 
wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
b43-phy0 debug: Disabling hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
[drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR* Unknown parameter 5
[drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR* Unknown parameter 5
[drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR* Unknown parameter 5
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
b43-phy0 debug: Using hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:30:44:02:76:d2 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
wlan0: associated
martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.0.1, on dev wlan0
ll header: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:30:44:02:76:d2:08:00
martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.0.1, on dev wlan0
ll header: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:30:44:02:76:d2:08:00
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=472 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=452 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=248 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=228 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=472 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=452 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=472 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=452 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=224.0.0.251 
LEN=436 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=416 
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
wlan0: No ProbeResp from current AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2 - assume out of range
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
b43-phy0 debug: Disabling hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
b43-phy0 debug: Using hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:30:44:02:76:d2 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
wlan0: associated
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.137.96.7 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=10138 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=39841 DPT=80 WINDOW=589 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B254A0FA3EE62) 
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.6.54.21 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=16034 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=57570 DPT=80 WINDOW=227 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B254A6FD3DC29) 
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=204.152.186.174 LEN=52 
TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=58517 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=49825 DPT=80 WINDOW=3394 
RES=0x00 ACK FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B254A25E48C16) 
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=195.135.221.130 LEN=52 
TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=45786 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=53541 DPT=80 WINDOW=115 
RES=0x00 ACK FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B254A5ECF5DE5) 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT-INV IN=wlan0 OUT= 
MAC=00:90:4b:94:2c:a6:00:30:44:02:76:d2:08:00 SRC=146.137.96.7 
DST=192.168.0.197 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=47 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 
DPT=39841 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0 
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.137.96.7 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=10139 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=39841 DPT=80 WINDOW=589 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B259D0FA3EE62) 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT-INV IN=wlan0 OUT= 
MAC=00:90:4b:94:2c:a6:00:30:44:02:76:d2:08:00 SRC=146.6.54.21 DST=192.168.0.197 
LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=49 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=57570 WINDOW=0 
RES=0x00 RST URGP=0 
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT-INV IN=wlan0 OUT= 
MAC=00:90:4b:94:2c:a6:00:30:44:02:76:d2:08:00 SRC=204.152.186.174 
DST=192.168.0.197 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=251 ID=0 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 
DPT=49825 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0 
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.137.96.7 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=10144 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=39841 DPT=80 WINDOW=589 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B39B70FA3EE62) 
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.137.96.7 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=10145 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=39841 DPT=80 WINDOW=589 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B4E770FA3EE62) 
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.6.54.21 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=16037 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=57570 DPT=80 WINDOW=227 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B6F416FD3DC29) 
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.137.96.7 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=10146 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=39841 DPT=80 WINDOW=589 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B77F70FA3EE62) 
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=204.152.186.174 LEN=52 
TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=58524 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=49825 DPT=80 WINDOW=3394 
RES=0x00 ACK FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002B8DF725E48C16) 
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
wlan0: No ProbeResp from current AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2 - assume out of range
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
b43-phy0 debug: Disabling hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
b43-phy0 debug: Using hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: associate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: associate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:30:44:02:76:d2 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
wlan0: associated
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=146.6.54.21 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=16038 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=57570 DPT=80 WINDOW=227 RES=0x00 ACK 
FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002BC3C96FD3DC29) 
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
SFW2-OUT-ERROR IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.197 DST=195.135.221.130 LEN=52 
TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=45790 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=53541 DPT=80 WINDOW=115 
RES=0x00 ACK FIN URGP=0 OPT (0101080A002BCA0F5ECF5DE5) 
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
wlan0: No ProbeResp from current AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2 - assume out of range
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
b43-phy0 debug: Disabling hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
b43-phy0 debug: Using hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: authentication with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2 timed out
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Disabling hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
b43-phy0 debug: Using hardware based encryption for keyidx: 0, mac: 
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:30:44:02:76:d2
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:30:44:02:76:d2 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
wlan0: associated
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 14.75 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Tuning TX-power to bbatt(5), rfatt(4), tx_control(0x30), 
tx_bias(0x00), tx_magn(0x00)
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.0.1, on dev wlan0
ll header: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:30:44:02:76:d2:08:00
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm
b43-phy0 debug: Current TX power output: 15.0 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
15.0 dBm


----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Buesch <[email protected]>
To: John Mountcastle <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:58:21 PM
Subject: Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

On Sunday 22 February 2009 21:45:44 John Mountcastle wrote:
> 
> Michael, configuring a new kernel was a real blast from the past. I haven't  
> done that in several years but I think I got it done. Funny thing, when I 
> booted the debug kernel, the interface was rock solid for almost an hour, not 
> one single error, then it went sour again. I switched on br43 debugging as 
> you suggested, about half way through the capture. You can see the Tx-mit 
> power messages start. About 60% into the capture I unloaded b43 
> (rmmod/insmod) and reloaded it in order to get the interface to come back up.
> 
> I hope you can tell me something about what if anything this capture tells 
> us? Or, the net step in debuggging
> 


> b43-phy1 debug: Current TX power output: 14.75 dBm, Desired TX power output: 
> 15.0 dBm
> b43-phy1 debug: Tuning TX-power to bbatt(5), rfatt(4), tx_control(0x30), 
> tx_bias(0x00), tx_magn(0x00)

The first thing I notice, of course, is the very low TX power output of 15dBm.
Can you check iwconfig to check which TX power was selected?
It should write something like this:
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"XXXX"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.XXXX GHz  Access Point: XXXXXXXXX
          Bit Rate=XX Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm  
          .....


So if there's a higher value than 15, please tell me so.
If the value is 15 there, too. Try manually setting the TX power:
iwconfig wlan0 txpower 20

This might be a bug in the card's PROM or possibly the code reading it. I also 
have a card
where it incorrectly reads the TX power value (but it's 19dBm for me, so it 
doesn't matter that much for me...).


Besides that, please tell me exactly at which point in the log messages it 
starts to break.
That's essential information for me.

Also, moving to latest b43 development code might help, too. It has improved TX 
power
control code which might scale a bit better on your device.
You can do so by downloading compat-wireless: 
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download

-- 
Greetings, Michael.

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