ipw2200:always disbling/enabling

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#1

hi,

there are hundreds of the following statements in dmesg

“ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.”

old problem! does anyone know of a new fix?

also found it impossible to connect to hidden network!

cheers

os:
Kernel: 4.12.11-1-default i686 (32 bit) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.10.5
Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170909
Machine: Device: laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite M60 v: PSM60E-0C801GGR
Mobo: TOSHIBA model: EBQ10 v: Null BIOS: TOSHIBA v: V1.60 date: 03/16/2006
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB speed: 1867 MHz (max)
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV410/M26 [Mobility Radeon X700]
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.3) drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1680x1050@60.11hz
OpenGL: renderer: ATI RV410 version: 2.1 Mesa 17.2.0 Direct Render: Yes

#2

the output of dmesg | grep ipw was as follows,

1 19.152630] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
2 19.152633] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
3 19.618852] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kdmprq
4 19.618856] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
5 19.619462] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
6 20.065065] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
7 20.074417] ipw2200 0000:06:02.0 wlp6s2: renamed from eth0
8 35.348900] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
9 35.553308] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
10 37.416652] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
…dito
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387 3899.987321] ipw2200: Failed to send SYSTEM CONFIG: Already sending a command.
388 3906.291268] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
389 3907.182025] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
…dito
…dito
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402 3964.380660] ipw2200: Failed to send SYSTEM CONFIG: Already sending a command.
403 3964.420687] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
404 3965.092630] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
405 3965.662912] ipw2200: device failed to start within 500ms
406 3965.662941] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -62
407 3965.662943] ipw2200: Failed to up device
408 3976.000402] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
409 3978.675542] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
410 3979.359150] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
…dito
…dito
…dito
634 12877.455439] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
635 12877.806336] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
636 12877.999893] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.

any comments appreciated
#3

“me too”.
I see these errors too, but not that often.
It started in June.
I did not find a solution yet, only others with the same problem, and - according to Google - it is not new.

e.g.: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_PRO/Wireless_2200BG_Mini-PCI_Adapter#Problems

Hendrik

#4

hi Hendrik

thanks for the info,

your reference addresses power saving in the modem card

but power saving is disabled by default on this laptop

see output below

comparing dmesg output from yesterday and 30-March-2016 setup entries for the ipw2200 are identical but no disbling/enabling entries

also the dmesg outputs for kernel 4.12 and 4.13 are similar for these anomalies, so have no idea when these started to appear

cheers

tosh-sm60<2017-09-25 09:38:45><13.2>… sudo iwconfig wlp6s2
[sudo] password for root:
wlp6s2 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:“3MobileWiFi-3984”
—Mode:Managed Frequency: 2.437 GHz Access Point:
—Bit Rate: 54 Mb/s Tx-Power= 20 dBm Sensitivity= 8/0
—Retry limit:7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
—Encryption key: Security mode: open
—Power Management: off
—Link Quality= 89/100 Signal level= -30 dBm Noise level= -86 dBm
—Tx excessive retries: 0 Invalid misc: 0 Missed beacon: 4
tosh-sm60<2017-09-25 09:48:28><13.2>…

#5

Just an idea: I had serious issues with a printer which appeared ( after a very long search ) to be disabled immediately after enabling due to issues with the new powersaving on TW, so I had to blacklist the device in /etc/default/tlp . In my case dmesg reported an error, but no relation to powersaving.
The file has entries for WIFI devoces as well, could this be something alike?

#6

The power management is already off.
Today I got not the firmware errors, but this:

Sep 25 20:14:41 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506363281.4034] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
Sep 25 20:14:41 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506363281.5036] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Sep 25 20:14:41 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506363281.8588] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Sep 25 20:14:42 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506363282.3237] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: associating -> 4-way handshake
Sep 25 20:14:42 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506363282.3314] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> completed
Sep 25 20:45:41 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365141.1566] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
Sep 25 20:45:41 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365141.2575] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Sep 25 20:45:41 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365141.6078] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Sep 25 20:45:41 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365141.6230] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: associating -> 4-way handshake
Sep 25 20:45:41 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365141.6312] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> completed
Sep 25 20:47:03 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365223.6920] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
Sep 25 20:47:03 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365223.7919] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Sep 25 20:47:04 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365224.1483] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Sep 25 20:47:04 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365224.1603] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: associating -> 4-way handshake
Sep 25 20:47:04 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365224.1692] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> completed
Sep 25 20:48:24 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365304.8969] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
Sep 25 20:48:24 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365304.9972] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Sep 25 20:48:25 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365305.3496] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Sep 25 20:48:25 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365305.8151] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: associating -> 4-way handshake
Sep 25 20:48:25 schlepptop.site NetworkManager[1488]: <info>  [1506365305.8242] device (wlp6s5): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> completed

I have no idea, what is causing this on-off game.

Hendrik

#7

I’ve seen this kind of repetitive disconnecting and connecting process occur when there is an issue with the wireless encryption protocol in use. If you administer the router, you could try experimenting with the settings. (In the distant past, I recall a problematic wireless network when using a laptop with an Intel 2200 device.)

#8

hi,

thanks for the replies

updated the kernel, 14.13.1 to 14.3.3, this evening

the number of ‘ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting’ has dropped
from >600 to <15 over a 3000 second period

not fixed but great improvement

looks like its the kernel!? nothing else has changed

cheers

#9

correction

should be
‘updated the kernel, 14.13.1 to 14.13.3, this evening’
not
‘updated the kernel, 14.13.1 to 14.3.3, this evening’

#10

Hi Hendrik

do not have the same response you are getting

after todays update the output was

tosh-sm60<2017-09-27 16:37:14><Downloads>… dmesg |grep ipw
18.214275] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
18.214277] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
18.659010] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kdmprq
18.659014] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
18.659612] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
18.878091] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
18.886059] ipw2200 0000:06:02.0 wlp6s2: renamed from eth0
1116.071864] Modules linked in: lib80211_crypt_ccmp af_packet nf_log_ipv6 xt_comment nf_log_ipv4 nf_log_common xt_LOG xt_limit ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_pkttype xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip6table_mangle nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables radeon snd_intel8x0m snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm hwmon ttm drm_kms_helper snd_timer drm fb_sys_fops syscopyarea sysfillrect ipw2200 sysimgblt snd i2c_algo_bit libipw lib80211 iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support lpc_ich toshiba_bluetooth 8139too 8139cp cfg80211 mii joydev i2c_i801 soundcore ac97_bus video rfkill pcspkr shpchp battery button acacpi_cpufreq xfs libcrc32c hid_generic usbhid
tosh-sm60<2017-09-27 16:37:58><Downloads>…

assuming lots of modules have been pulled into the kernel

now the output is

tosh-sm60<2017-09-27 16:49:42><~>… dmesg |grep ipw
16.671529] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
16.671532] libipw: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
17.020084] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kdmprq
17.020087] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
17.020565] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
17.255801] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
17.263628] ipw2200 0000:06:02.0 wlp6s2: renamed from eth0
tosh-sm60<2017-09-27 16:50:00><~>…

so for now on this os the problem appears fixed

is yours output still the same after todays updates?

cheers

#11

Since the last big updates it is a lot better.
I see only some script errors from NetworkManager:

Sep 28 20:02:23 schlepptop.site nm-dispatcher[3709]: /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/nfs: line 40: reaches: bad array subscript
Sep 28 20:02:23 schlepptop.site nm-dispatcher[3709]: /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/nfs: line 42: reaches: bad array subscript
Sep 28 20:02:23 schlepptop.site nm-dispatcher[3709]: /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/nfs: line 49: reaches$1]: bad array subscript

But this doesn’t seem to hurt. Maybe I’ll investigate this later. Currently I’m very busy in my job.

Hendrik