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Collection of network data for wireless network (ifconfig lspci hwinfo...)

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dmesg output

Please read http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/Definitions#Bug_Priorities

only the developer should adjust the priority.

It looks like a borked BIOS. Could you try to update your BIOS?

Just for the record, ath9k fails because ath_attach fails. All other fail paths in ->probe prints out a reason (except pci_enable_device, but we see setting latency in dmesg).

It may be worth trying pci=noacpi instead of whole acpi=off, if it fixes anything (as it shouldn't here). And I will build a kernel with more verbose ath9k on errors (I just wonder why there are only debug printks in there) to see what's happening.

Could you try the kernel from:
http://labs.suse.cz/jslaby/bug-555608/
to see what happens with ath9k?

(In reply to comment #8)
> It may be worth trying pci=noacpi instead of whole acpi=off, if it fixes
> anything (as it shouldn't here).
pci=noacpi doesn't help.

(In reply to comment #7)
> It looks like a borked BIOS. Could you try to update your BIOS?
I dont't think that is the problem, because with openSuse 11.0 everything was working. Except that the LED that indicates WLAN activity wasn't blinking (but who cares?). A change in the OS shouldn't require a BIOS update?!

(In reply to comment #9)
> Could you try the kernel from:
> http://labs.suse.cz/jslaby/bug-555608/
> to see what happens with ath9k?

I installed the smaller rpm kernel-desktop-base-2.6.31.6-0.1.x86_64.rpm. But I couldn't install kernel-desktop-2.6.31.6-0.1.x86_64.rpm because of broken dependencies. See http://fischlii.gmxhome.de/11.2/snapshot1.png

After I tried to boot the system with the new installed kernel (without the bigger rpm) I ran to the following problem. The kernel doesn't know ext4. See http://fischlii.gmxhome.de/11.2/DSC01806.JPG

Sorry its a poor camera. But the basic error message is: 
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext4'
could not mount root filesystem ...

Instead of installing it as an upgrade, just install it (rpm -i). The dependency problem isn't coming from installing the new kernel - it's coming from trying to remove the old one, where a KMP depends on it.

You'll need to install the full kernel-desktop. kernel-desktop-base is only for use with virtualized systems where the majority of drivers just aren't necessary.

After installing the new kernel packages everything works fine with the openSuse default kernel options (vga=something)/boot settings. So the new kernel looks like a fix to me. Do you need more information? Or is it a fix by a "lucky coincidence"?

(In reply to comment #14)
> After installing the new kernel packages everything works fine with the
> openSuse default kernel options (vga=something)/boot settings. So the new
> kernel looks like a fix to me. Do you need more information? Or is it a fix by
> a "lucky coincidence"?

Which Kernel fixed it? Was it Jiri's Kernel from Comment #9?

(In reply to comment #15)
> Which Kernel fixed it? Was it Jiri's Kernel from Comment #9?

Yes. The kernel was from http://labs.suse.cz/jslaby/bug-555608/ and fixed both network devices, which had problems before.

(In reply to comment #9)
> Could you try the kernel from:
> http://labs.suse.cz/jslaby/bug-555608/
> to see what happens with ath9k?

Unfortunately, I can't try this kernel due to Bug #543076. Can you create a non-desktop kernel?

Patrick

I don't see any question to the reporter without a response, I suppose he just forgot to clear the needinfo flag.

(In reply to comment #17)
> Unfortunately, I can't try this kernel due to Bug #543076. Can you create a
> non-desktop kernel?

Please try a kernel from
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/openSUSE-11.2/
instead.

(In reply to comment #19)
> (In reply to comment #17)
> > Unfortunately, I can't try this kernel due to Bug #543076. Can you create a
> > non-desktop kernel?
> 
> Please try a kernel from
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/openSUSE-11.2/
> instead.

Well, I hope this is not up to me - because  I don't like changing kernels too often. And Patrick Smart doesn't seem to respond.

I am the info provider and will do so eventually. Right now I am running kernel-desktop-2.6.31.7-0.0.0.8.a22d080.x86_64. I will come back to this in a few days when I can attest this kernel works fine for me. This network issue was not systematic AFAIK.

Due to Bug #543076, you should indeed be careful with updates as I had made my system unbootable this way.

Unfortunately, I had the case again of having a freshly booted system with no network. I did an "rcnetwork restart" and had it all normal. I suspect it has nothing to do with it but nfs ans nfsserver also fail to start.

(In reply to comment #22)
> Unfortunately, I had the case again of having a freshly booted system with no
> network. I did an "rcnetwork restart" and had it all normal. I suspect it has
> nothing to do with it but nfs ans nfsserver also fail to start.

What Kernel are you running. Did you test ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/openSUSE-11.2/ as suggested in Comment #19?

> (In reply to comment #19)
> Well, I hope this is not up to me - because  I don't like changing kernels too
> often. And Patrick Smart doesn't seem to respond.

We can't really help if you can't test Kernels.(In reply to comment #20)

Thanks.

I haven't seen this issue in a long while. I have indeed upgraded the kernel since my last update. I presume this should be marked as fixed. Up to the reporter...

So I'll close that - as it is fixed -for me- long time ago by a new kernel.