[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-08-07 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for Ubuntu because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995130 Title: BCM4321

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-06-07 Thread Ryan Thompson
After further testing over many days, I am almost certain that this problem is caused by the power-saving mode in the Broadcom drivers, which is enabled when the laptop is on battery by the script in /usr/lib /pm-utils/power.d/wireless which runs iwconfig eth2 power on. Manually running iwconfig

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-07 Thread Fabio Marconi
Oh well, so as you are expert, can you please follow this step, in particular 3g. Thanks https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager#Getting_debug_logs --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-07 Thread Fabio Marconi
ops, sorry, you are wireless not 3g. --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995130 Title: BCM4321 Wireless dropping

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-07 Thread Ryan Thompson
Ok, I set everything to maximum verbosity. I'm tailing syslog, dmesg, and kern.log in a terminal so I can look at them as soon as I notice a disconnection. Do you have a preference for whether I should keep using kernel 3.4 or switch back to 3.2? -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Fabio Marconi
May 2 22:16:47 aeolus kernel: [5.639393] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized May 2 22:16:47 aeolus kernel: [5.639399] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized May 2 22:16:47 aeolus kernel: [5.639401] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11 May 2 22:16:47 aeolus kernel: [5.683901]

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Fabio Marconi
May 2 22:01:20 aeolus kernel: [ 36.251448] init: bluetooth main process (1160) terminated with status 1 May 2 22:01:20 aeolus kernel: [ 36.251474] init: bluetooth main process ended, respawning May 2 22:01:20 aeolus kernel: [ 36.480190] init: bluetooth main process (1192) terminated

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Fabio Marconi
[4.711204] eth1: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38 --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Fabio Marconi
Hello The disconnections happens with hight traffic, such as p2p ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995130 Title: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication To

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Ryan Thompson
That is possible. It's difficult to notice patterns, because it typically takes me a minute or two to notice that the connection has dropped, since I might be downloading something in the background but only notice the problem when I switch to my browser and try to load a new page. I'm not doing

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Fabio Marconi
Hello Can you try the newest mainline kernel clicking on the following links and installing via software center ? -http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.4-rc5-precise/linux-headers-3.4.0-030400rc5_3.4.0-030400rc5.201205011817_all.deb

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Ryan Thompson
Ok, I will try testing with the new kernel. Since the bug only occurs intermittently, I will probably have to run this kernel for at least a full 24 hours of normal use in order to verify that the problem is not happening. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Ryan Thompson
bcmwl module does not build on 3.4 kernel. I am attaching the DKMS make.log. ** Attachment added: Log from DKMS attempting to build bcmwl on kernel 3.4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/995130/+attachment/3134169/+files/bcmwl-make.log -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Ryan Thompson
I'm about to reboot into 3.4 with an nvidia module built with this patch. We'll see how it works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995130 Title: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Ryan Thompson
Oops, I meant that comment for another post. However, I have generated a patch that makes the *bcmwl* module build with 3.4, and I'm about to test *that*. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Ryan Thompson
Ok, I just patched the bcmwl package, and DKMS was able to build the module for kernel 3.4, and I'm now booted into 3.4 with a working wl module. We'll see how things go from here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-06 Thread Ryan Thompson
I just experienced exactly the same problem with the kernel 3.4 packages that you gave me. The problem is not fixed in 3.4. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995130 Title: BCM4321

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-05 Thread Fabio Marconi
Hello Please attach here,using the button below 'Add attachment or patch' the files /var/log/kern.log /var/log/dmesg possibly just after the bug is reproduced. Thanks Fabio --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad ** Tags added: precise ** Changed in: ubuntu

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-05 Thread Ryan Thompson
Ok, I'll grab those log files after the next time the connection cuts out, but as I said, I haven't previously seen any log entries appearing in any logs at the time of disconnection. Also, I didn't explicitly say so in my initial report, but the worst part about this is that there is NO

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-05 Thread Ryan Thompson
I'm attaching kern.log and dmesg from shortly after I experienced a loss of connectivity. As I mentioned, there are no log messages at the time of disconnection, which is about 20:15. All the messages in dmesg are from boot time, and the last message in kern.log is: May 5 20:08:54 aeolus kernel:

[Bug 995130] Re: BCM4321 Wireless dropping connection randomly with no indication

2012-05-05 Thread Ryan Thompson
** Attachment added: kern.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/995130/+attachment/3132715/+files/kern.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995130 Title: BCM4321 Wireless