Only one simple advice, take a deep breath, maybe you have this installed: https://xkcd.com/2659/ Sorry for the noise
------- Original Message ------- On Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 at 13:26, Jim Murphy via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > Hi, > > My wifi connection drops randomly. It can sometimes run for days. > Other times it may drop within hours of a reboot. There seems to be > no pattern to when. Initially rebooting seemed to be the only way to > get the network back. Under xfce4 disabling the wifi and/or network, > then re-enabling them had no effect. After many google searches > I finally found at: > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/26054/how-to-restart-wifi-interface-without-rebooting-it-drops-connection > > I now have the alias(zsh): > > alias reload_network_module='sudo modprobe -r iwldvm && sudo modprobe iwldvm' > > to re-enable the wifi. So far this has restored the network connection > without having to reboot. Strange as it may seem, the wifi connection > has stopped dropping as frequently since reloading the iwldvm module > this way.?? FWIW > > /etc/os-release: > PRETTY_NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera)" > NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux" > VERSION_ID="4" > VERSION="4 (chimaera)" > VERSION_CODENAME="chimaera" > ID=devuan > ID_LIKE=debian > HOME_URL="https://www.devuan.org/" > SUPPORT_URL="https://devuan.org/os/community" > BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.devuan.org/" > > /etc/debian_version: > 11.1 > > Computer: ThinkPad X230 > > *-pci:1 > description: PCI bridge > product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 > vendor: Intel Corporation > physical id: 1c.1 > bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1 > version: c4 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=pcieport > resources: irq:17 memory:f1c00000-f1cfffff > *-network > description: Wireless interface > product: Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] > vendor: Intel Corporation > physical id: 0 > bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 > logical name: wlan0 > version: 34 > serial: "redacted" > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless > configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.10.0-10-amd64 > firmware=18.168.6.1 6000g2a-6.ucode ip=192.168.0.102 latency=0 link=yes > multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 > resources: irq:29 memory:f1c00000-f1c01fff > > % ls /lib/modules/**/iwldvm.ko > /lib/modules/5.10.0-10-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/iwldvm.ko > /lib/modules/5.10.0-9-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/iwldvm.ko > > Not sure if this is a hardware or software or firmware issue. No other > devices/systems are having this issue on the same wifi network. > > If anyone has any advice it would be appreciated. Since I have a > workaround it is just an annoyance. > > Regards, > > Jim Murphy _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng