I have a similar problem with an 8470WD card. ath0 fails to associate. A simple but inelegant workaround is to do ifdown ath0 followed by ifup ath0
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/network# dhclient There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 10383 killed old client process, removed PID file Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5 Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/wifi0/ Sending on LPF/wifi0/ Listening on LPF/ath0/00:20:a6:52:0c:f2 Sending on LPF/ath0/00:20:a6:52:0c:f2 Listening on LPF/eth0/00:0d:56:39:cd:ba Sending on LPF/eth0/00:0d:56:39:cd:ba Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on wifi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.20.1 bound to 192.168.20.121 -- renewal in 40398 seconds. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/network# ping 192.168.20.1 PING 192.168.20.1 (192.168.20.1) 56(84) bytes of data. >From 169.254.7.77 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable >From 169.254.7.77 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable >From 169.254.7.77 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable --- 192.168.20.1 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3010ms , pipe 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/network# ifdown ath0 There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.ath0.pid with pid 11747 killed old client process, removed PID file Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5 Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/ath0/00:20:a6:52:0c:f2 Sending on LPF/ath0/00:20:a6:52:0c:f2 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPRELEASE on ath0 to 192.168.20.1 port 67 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/network# ifup ath0 There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.ath0.pid with pid 134519120 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5 Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/ath0/00:20:a6:52:0c:f2 Sending on LPF/ath0/00:20:a6:52:0c:f2 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPOFFER from 192.168.20.1 DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.20.1 bound to 192.168.20.112 -- renewal in 42919 seconds. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/network# ping 192.168.20.1 PING 192.168.20.1 (192.168.20.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.20.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.919 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.20.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.897 ms --- 192.168.20.1 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.897/0.908/0.919/0.011 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/network# There are lots of other atheros bug reports about and lots of recommendations to try various heroics, many of which are harmful. I do not know where the problem lies. Usual info follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dmesg | grep ath [ 61.217037] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. [ 61.219822] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) [ 61.386990] ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3.2) [ 62.467268] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3.2) [ 81.461323] ath0: no IPv6 routers present [12168.900942] ath0: no IPv6 routers present [13035.286552] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready [13035.290160] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ath0: link becomes ready [13035.714184] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready [13198.471488] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready [13198.475483] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ath0: link becomes ready [13198.777152] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready [13532.954192] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready [13586.918312] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready [13587.184782] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready [13588.922832] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready [14487.358258] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lspci -vvv 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01) Subsystem: PROXIM Inc Unknown device 0a40 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 168 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 128 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lsmod | grep ath ath_rate_sample 14208 1 ath_pci 98336 0 wlan 206660 4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci ath_hal 192720 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wifi0 no wireless extensions. ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Nickname:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=1/1 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-86 dBm Noise level=-86 dBm Rx invalid nwid:474960 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# iwlist ath0 sca ath0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:84:10:6D:79 ESSID:"FON_tarvid" Mode:Master Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) Quality=30/70 Signal level=-65 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=100 Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101850002a3400027a4000042435e0062322f00 Extra:ath_ie=dd0900037f01010020ff7f Cell 02 - Address: 00:0C:E5:4F:89:ED ESSID:"dd-wrt" Mode:Master Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=68/70 Signal level=-27 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=100 Cell 03 - Address: 00:16:01:ED:0C:5A ESSID:"dd-wrt" Mode:Master Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=73/70 Signal level=-22 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=100 http://madwifi.org/ticket/870 Problem solved, Thanks for the help of [EMAIL PROTECTED] at linuxforums.org. This guy is a GEEK!. What I did was edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add this line "pci=assign-busses" without the "" next to "splash=verbose showopts" . kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/hda1 splash=verbose showopts pci=assign-busses Rebooted, and insert the Pcmcia card, and its now recognized. Finally![BR] #lspci -v 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) Subsystem: PROXIM Inc Unknown device 0a40 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 185 Memory at 32000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 #lshal udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_13' info.bus = 'pci' (string) info.linux.driver = 'ath_pci' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_104c_ac56' (string) info.product = 'AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor' (string) info.subsystem = 'pci' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_13' (string) info.vendor = 'Atheros Communications, Inc.' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'pci' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/0000:03:00.0' (string) pci.device_class = 2 (0x2) (int) pci.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) (int) pci.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) (int) pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/0000:03:00.0' (string) pci.product = 'AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor' (string) pci.product_id = 19 (0x13) (int) pci.subsys_product_id = 2624 (0xa40) (int) pci.subsys_vendor = 'PROXIM Inc' (string) pci.subsys_vendor_id = 5303 (0x14b7) (int) pci.vendor = 'Atheros Communications, Inc.' (string) pci.vendor_id = 5772 (0x168c) (int) -- AR5212 not enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153376 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
