[Debian-eeepc-devel] Bug#500187: wireless-key does not work on eeePC 900A

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| InSa, Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:56:30AM +0200 |=-
> Same problem here. If I switch off wlan (Fn+F2) the only way to get
> it work again it is to reboot and to enable it from bios.
> 
> kern.log:
> ----------------------
> Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.461395] ath_pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
> Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.461414] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.461434] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
> Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.465627] MadWifi: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware didn't respond as expected' (HAL status 3)
> Sep 26 10:31:42 cheyenne kernel: [  440.465656] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:00.0 disabled
> ----------------------

The "HAL status 3" error rings a bell from the past. Please verify 
that

 * you have ath5k blacklisted (and initrds updated)
 * you use the madwifi-source package from sid and build the kernel 
   module package from it with m-a

Instructions for blacklisting, rebuilding initrd and building 
madwifi-modules with module-assistants can be found in the wiki.

Please report if you still have the problem after the above steps. If 
you do, I hope someone with similar hardware can help you.

> + echo 1
> + detect_wlan
> + lspci
> + grep -i network controller
> + grep -q RaLink
> + lspci
> + grep -i atheros
> + grep -q -i wireless
> + WLAN_IF=ath0
> + WLAN_MOD=ath_pci
> + echo Detected WLAN module ath_pci on ath0
> Detected WLAN module ath_pci on ath0
> + [ ath_pci = ath_pci ]
> + modprobe ath_pci
> + sleep 1
> + ifconfig ath0 up
> ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

> If I reboot and enable wlan from bios, ath0 exists and works fine.

Hmm. Perhaps another sleep is needed *before* the modprobe in the 
Atheros case? (that's in /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh)

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