[Mageia-dev] Kernel issues with atheros wifi

Wed Apr 18 03:17:58 CEST 2012

Le 2012-04-17 16:56, JA Magallón a écrit :
+> On 04/17/2012 10:50 PM, Thomas Backlund wrote:
+>> 17.04.2012 23:39, JA Magallón skrev:
+>>> Hi...
+>>>
+>>> I've been bitten by this bug:
+>>>
+>>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=139270&p=1
+>>>
+>>> on my netbook.
+>>>
+>>> From what I read, ath9k bug is corrected in 3.3.2, and ath5k bug is
+>>> still present and a couple patches are needed.
+>>>
+>>> Are we too late to have a patched 3.3.2 in Cauldron ?
+>>
+>> ath9k fix is in our kernel-3.3.1-2.mga2
+>>
+>> New kernel will land on Cauldron after beta3 is out
+>>
+>
+> Thanks, good to know ;) !
+>
+
+Not sure if this is relevant but I had the same problem and looks like 
+the solution for the laptop I was servicing was this (I left this on the 
+thread that I had started on the user mailing list[1]):
+
+Just letting people know of the fix for this unit.
+
+The laptop's owner returned it so that I could work on a possible fix to 
+the wifi connection. After some testing and trouble shooting, I deleted 
+the NetworkManager through the MCC which allowed a more reliable 
+connection and I also created this file in  etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf 
+with the line "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" which for some unknown reason 
+made for an even more solid connection <-- I found this recommendation 
+on a thread somewhere but lost the location.
+
+The laptop now connects to the internet and does not turn itself out, 
+and, it no longer cuts in and out randomly.
+
+Cheers,
+
+Marc
+
+[1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.mageia.user/6497
+
+