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Date:      Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:58:31 -0800
From:      Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 8.0R, AMD64 and wpi is giving me major grief
Message-ID:  <a9f4a3860912161558p424f87b3t23315c8a4583f88e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3860912141921p59f52970j5044438b238cfcb1@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <a9f4a3860912141921p59f52970j5044438b238cfcb1@mail.gmail.com>

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Anyone?

BTW - I dual-boot this with XP, and don't have any issues with
wireless when running that. Also works flawlessly when running wired,
over em0.

I've just done a BIOS update - I'll be trying that out tomorrow, and
will update this with results.

Kurt

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 19:21, Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I've got a Lenovo t61 with 4gbytes RAM that is giving me fits.
>
> It's got a 3945abg chip in it, and it's getting really flaky. I can
> boot it up, and work at the console for a while, and that seems to
> work OK, usually.
>
> However, today, when I start up my gui (xfce4), wireless just dies on
> me. For a week before, it would usually run for a while (sometimes
> days) before dying on me and requiring a reboot.
>
> Below is a snippet of /var/log/messages - Does this mean anything to
> anyone? Is there anything I can do to recover once this happens?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kurt
>
> Dec 14 07:16:43 grimsqueaker kernel: wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:1f:3c:4d:e2:55
> Dec 14 07:16:43 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi0: timeout resetting Tx ring 1
> Dec 14 07:16:43 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi0: timeout resetting Tx ring 3
> Dec 14 07:16:43 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi0: timeout resetting Tx ring 4
> Dec 14 07:16:43 grimsqueaker kernel: microcode alive notification
> version 10e02 alive 1
> Dec 14 07:16:43 grimsqueaker kernel: microcode alive notification
> version 10e02 alive 1
> Dec 14 07:16:43 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi_newstate: INIT -> SCAN flags 0x0
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker wpa_supplicant[381]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker wpa_supplicant[381]: Trying to associate
> with 00:23:69:82:b2:bf (SSID='5705NE197th' freq=2462 MHz)
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi_newstate: SCAN -> AUTH flags 0x0
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker kernel: config chan 11 flags 8005 cck f ofdm 15
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi_newstate: AUTH -> ASSOC flags 0x0
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker kernel:
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker wpa_supplicant[381]: Associated with
> 00:23:69:82:b2:bf
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi_newstate: ASSOC -> RUN flags 0x0
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker kernel: config chan 11 flags 8035
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker kernel: wlan0: link state changed to UP
> Dec 14 07:16:45 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi0: need multicast update callback
> Dec 14 07:16:46 grimsqueaker wpa_supplicant[381]: WPA: Key negotiation
> completed with 00:23:69:82:b2:bf [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
> Dec 14 07:16:46 grimsqueaker wpa_supplicant[381]: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED
> - Connection to 00:23:69:82:b2:bf completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
> Dec 14 07:16:53 grimsqueaker dhclient: New IP Address (wlan0): 192.168.151.104
> Dec 14 07:16:53 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi0: need multicast update callback
> Dec 14 07:16:53 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi0: need multicast update callback
> Dec 14 07:16:53 grimsqueaker dhclient: New Subnet Mask (wlan0): 255.255.255.0
> Dec 14 07:16:53 grimsqueaker dhclient: New Broadcast Address (wlan0):
> 192.168.151.255
> Dec 14 07:16:53 grimsqueaker dhclient: New Routers (wlan0): 192.168.151.1
> Dec 14 07:17:56 grimsqueaker kernel: drm0: <Intel i965GM> on vgapci0
> Dec 14 07:17:56 grimsqueaker kernel: info: [drm] MSI enabled 1 message(s)
> Dec 14 07:17:56 grimsqueaker kernel: vgapci0: child drm0 requested
> pci_enable_busmaster
> Dec 14 07:17:56 grimsqueaker kernel: info: [drm] AGP at 0xe0000000 256MB
> Dec 14 07:17:56 grimsqueaker kernel: info: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730
> Dec 14 07:17:57 grimsqueaker kernel: drm0: [ITHREAD]
> Dec 14 07:18:24 grimsqueaker kernel: pid 1424 (xfce4-panel), uid 1001:
> exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
> Dec 14 07:25:43 grimsqueaker wpa_supplicant[381]: WPA: Group rekeying
> completed with 00:23:69:82:b2:bf [GTK=CCMP]
> Dec 14 07:48:38 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi0: device timeout
> Dec 14 07:48:39 grimsqueaker kernel: wpi0: could not set power mode
>



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