From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:60952 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751519AbZEYUez (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 May 2009 16:34:55 -0400 Message-ID: <4A1B00E7.5070801@gmx.net> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 22:34:47 +0200 From: Barkle MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hin-Tak Leung CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RTL 8185 References: <4A199FED.7000609@gmx.net> <3ace41890905242315i53dbb93dsf98e7a3a574a3c29@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3ace41890905242315i53dbb93dsf98e7a3a574a3c29@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------010105060603010809080408" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010105060603010809080408 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hin-Tak Leung schrieb: > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Barkle wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a pci-card with a RTL8185 chip. >> [01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE >> 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)] >> >> Base on a Debian Lenny with >> kernel 2.6.30-rc5 >> wpasupplicant v0.6.9 >> wireless_tools 30 >> >> I can change some parameter on the card with iwconfig, for example the >> channel, but every time I try to get the card to work, the kernel freeze. >> >> Now I´m not sure, if this mailinglist is the right one, because it may be a >> problem of the hardware, the kernel or some userland tools. >> >> If you need any additional information, please ask me an I try to answer >> asap. >> > > Yes, this is the right list - a few things: > 1) dmesg should show a few line of info, including a line like this: > > wlan0: hwaddr XX:XX:XX:XX;XX:XX + > > we need at least that line, and anything else that's relevant in dmesg. > Have a look in the appended file "dmesg_2009-05-25.txt" and it's not wlan0, it's phy0. I hope, I haven't cut off too much . > 2) what do you mean by 'kernel freeze'? There is no more reaktion, no change by pressing num-lock, caps-lock or scroll-lock. No answer on a ping. What I didn't tested is the "magic SysRq". The computer should work as a server, only with the minimalistic program installt. So there is no X11 > do you get a pile of cryptic messages before No, just no reaktion. > Also, describe what exactly did you try to do, step by step. > After booting the system a call of the following line is enough: wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -W -dd The result is: *************************************** ~# wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -W -dd Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant' ctrl_interface_group='0' eapol_version=2 Line: 7 - start of a new network block ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=10): 54 65 73 74 5f 44 75 6d 6d 79 Test_Dummy mode=1 (0x1) key_mgmt: 0x4 Priority group 0 id=0 ssid='Test_Dummy' Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0' *************************************** And the the system doesn't react anymore. It the same as when the inteface is brought up by the ifupdown. No entry in the syslog *************************************** May 25 21:17:26 feta dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.42.25 port 67 May 25 21:17:26 feta dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.42.25 May 25 21:17:26 feta dhclient: bound to 192.168.42.29 -- renewal in 14223 seconds. May 25 22:20:15 feta kernel: imklog 3.18.6, log source = /proc/kmsg started. May 25 22:20:15 feta kernel: Linux version 2.6.30-rc5-1 (root@feta) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Debian 4.3.2-1.1) ) #1 PREEMPT Mon May 11 00:13:36 CEST 2009 May 25 22:20:15 feta kernel: KERNEL supported cpus: May 25 22:20:15 feta kernel: Intel GenuineIntel *************************************** > 3) have you tried compat-wireless? compat-wireless is ahead of > 2.6.30-rcX and occasionally have fixes to bugs which creeps into the > rc's.. OK, no I didn't tried the compat-wireless so far.. It will take a while, when I got an result of the change. Thanks so long --------------010105060603010809080408 Content-Type: text/plain; name="dmesg_2009-05-25.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="dmesg_2009-05-25.txt" Linux version 2.6.30-rc5-1 (root@feta) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Debian 4.3.2-1.1) ) #1 PREEMPT Mon May 11 00:13:36 CEST 2009 [...] Using APIC driver default ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0xf008 Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic" nr_irqs_gsi: 16 Allocating PCI resources starting at 20000000 (gap: 10000000:eff00000) [...] ACPI: Core revision 20090320 ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0e80) net_namespace: 520 bytes NET: Registered protocol family 16 ACPI: bus type pci registered PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd96e, last bus=1 PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access bio: create slab at 0 ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT ACPI: Interpreter enabled ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S5) ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00) pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xf8000000-0xfbffffff] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xf4000000-0xf407ffff] pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region f000-f07f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region f180-f1bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 20 io port: [0x1000-0x100f] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 20 io port: [0x1400-0x141f] pci 0000:00:1f.3: reg 20 io port: [0x1800-0x180f] pci 0000:01:07.0: reg 10 io port: [0x2000-0x20ff] pci 0000:01:07.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xf4100000-0xf41001ff] pci 0000:01:07.0: supports D1 D2 pci 0000:01:07.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot D3cold pci 0000:01:07.0: PME# disabled pci 0000:01:09.0: reg 10 io port: [0x2400-0x247f] pci 0000:01:09.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xf4100400-0xf410047f] pci 0000:01:09.0: reg 30 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x01ffff] pci 0000:01:09.0: supports D1 D2 pci 0000:01:09.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold pci 0000:01:09.0: PME# disabled pci 0000:01:0b.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xf5000000-0xf5ffffff] pci 0000:01:0b.2: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xf6000000-0xf6ffffff] pci 0000:00:1e.0: transparent bridge pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge io port: [0x2000-0x2fff] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge 32bit mmio: [0xf4100000-0xf6ffffff] pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIH._PRT] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 *7 9 10 11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15) PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing pnp: PnP ACPI init ACPI: bus type pnp registered pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered system 00:02: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved system 00:02: ioport range 0xf000-0xf07f has been reserved system 00:02: ioport range 0xf100-0xf10f has been reserved system 00:02: ioport range 0xf180-0xf1bf has been reserved system 00:02: ioport range 0x800-0x87f has been reserved system 00:02: ioport range 0xf820-0xf82f has been reserved system 00:02: ioport range 0xfe00-0xfe00 has been reserved pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01 pci 0000:00:1e.0: IO window: 0x2000-0x2fff pci 0000:00:1e.0: MEM window: 0xf4100000-0xf6ffffff pci 0000:00:1e.0: PREFETCH window: 0x00000020000000-0x000000200fffff pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64 pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 io: [0x00-0xffff] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 mem: [0x000000-0xffffffff] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 io: [0x2000-0x2fff] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 mem: [0xf4100000-0xf6ffffff] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 pref mem [0x20000000-0x200fffff] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 3 io: [0x00-0xffff] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 4 mem: [0x000000-0xffffffff] [..] TCP cubic registered lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' Using IPI Shortcut mode [...] NET: Registered protocol family 1 cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2700 mBm) (5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) (5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) (5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) (5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm) (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm) cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 7 PCI: setting IRQ 7 as level-triggered 3c59x 0000:01:09.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. 0000:01:09.0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at d0776400. ide-cd driver 5.00 ide-cd: hdc: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 11 PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered rtl8180 0000:01:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' phy0: hwaddr 00:0e:2e:e9:b5:fd, RTL8185vD + rtl8225z2 [...] eth0: setting full-duplex. NET: Registered protocol family 17 --------------010105060603010809080408 Content-Type: text/plain; name="wpa_supplicant.conf_2009-05-25" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="wpa_supplicant.conf_2009-05-25" ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ctrl_interface_group=0 eapol_version=2 network={ ssid="Test_Dummy" mode=1 key_mgmt=NONE } --------------010105060603010809080408--