Hi guys,
I updated to OpenSuse 12.2 recently. I have extremely unstable wifi since then. Network manager works weird. I would like to ask you for a help. Here is all the information I am able to gather:
# dmesg | grep b43-phy0
16.741045] b43-phy0: Broadcom 43225 WLAN found (core revision 23)
28.852532] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 508.154 (2009-08-18 00:58:22)
107.635879] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 508.154 (2009-08-18 00:58:22)
Networkmanager on system tray shows no wifi access points on the right side.
I have to enter KDE Control module and ADD new connection with the WPA password.
For few seconds I have nice system tray icon everything looks promising.
# /usr/sbin/iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"sunreen"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 64:70:02:CE:FC:44
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-35 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:3 Invalid misc:3 Missed beacon:0
# /sbin/ifconfig
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 18:F4:6A:0C:19:0E
inet addr:192.168.0.106 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::1af4:6aff:fe0c:190e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:512 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:689 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:173978 (169.9 Kb) TX bytes:107216 (104.7 Kb)
The WIFI system tray icon then changes, sometimes I can’t ping even AP:
# ping -c 5 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.0.106 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.106 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3999ms
pipe 4
If I am lucky, pinging AP is OK.
AFTER I succesfully ping AP I can ping outside and I have the full connectivity.
Sometimes there is a big packet loss.
If I try to ping outside directly, I have no connectivity.
If I enter KDE Control Module and try to EDIT the connection a message pops out:
“No agents were available for this request.” The password is missing!!
If I enter the WPA password again I loss the connectivity to AP completely.
I have to remove the whole setup and ADD a new connection again.
On startup, it never connects to wifi automatically.
I does not list saved connections on the right of the Newtwork Manager.
I have to enter password in KDE Control Module again.
If I log in a new user account all network work beautifully. I was thinking about moving to new user and deleting the old account, but it would be pain to be sure I move all the settings. I worry I’d mess up something.
Thank you very much for any help or suggestions in advance
Luinorn
PS: There is one more upsetting problem. On every login I got a message: KDE Daemon crashed unexpectedly.
# dmesg | grep kded4
114.536950] kded4[1674]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00007fff32626c48 error 14 in kdeinit4[400000+c000]