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On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Sebastian Beßler |
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<sebastian@××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> |
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> I have a wireless card that works most of the time perfect with the |
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> ath9k kernel module but not on first boot after a few hours long shutdown. |
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> |
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> * Bringing up interface wlan0 |
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> * ERROR: interface wlan0 does not exist |
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> * Ensure that you have loaded the correct kernel module for your hardware |
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> * ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start |
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> |
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> A reboot fixes the problem. |
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> The kernel module loads without error in both cases. |
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> |
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> # uname -r |
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> 3.1.0-gentoo |
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> |
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> # lspci -v |
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> 03:07.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 002d (rev 01) |
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> Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 0300 |
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> Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 176, IRQ 21 |
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> Memory at fdce0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] |
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> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 |
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> Kernel driver in use: ath9k |
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> Kernel modules: ath9k |
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> |
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> Greetings |
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Does the wireless card needs a firmware? Do you use an initramfs? I |
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ask since my iwlagn wireless car does, and if I boot using an |
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initramfs, I need to include the firmware file on it for the card to |
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work. |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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