FS#36866 - [linux][linux-firmware] iwlwifi: failed to load firmware chunk
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Opened by Ben Ruijl (revelation60) - Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 20:19 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Friday, 27 September 2013, 06:35 GMT
Opened by Ben Ruijl (revelation60) - Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 20:19 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Friday, 27 September 2013, 06:35 GMT
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Description:
Wifi on my Dell XPS 13, which has a Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6235 AGN chipset that uses the iwlwifi driver, is extremely unstable. I takes ages to connect and when it does connect, the connection drops in under 5 minutes. Sometimes I am able to reconnect, but most of the times it doesn't work. My journal is riddled with error messages and sometimes the whole pc freezes for a couple of seconds, due to the iwlwifi driver. Thus, wifi is almost completely unusable. I have tried adding the options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1 to modprobe, but that only marginally improves the stability. Below is an excerpt of the critical part of the log where the wifi actually dies: Sep 10 10:16:42 LAPTOP_BEN kernel: iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to load firmware chunk! Sep 10 10:16:42 LAPTOP_BEN kernel: iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Could not load the [0] uCode section Sep 10 10:16:42 LAPTOP_BEN kernel: iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110 Sep 10 10:16:42 LAPTOP_BEN kernel: iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failing on timeout while stopping DMA channel 0 [0x5a5a5a5a] Sep 10 10:16:42 LAPTOP_BEN kernel: iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failing on timeout while stopping DMA channel 2 [0x5a5a5a5a] Sep 10 10:16:42 LAPTOP_BEN kernel: iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failing on timeout while stopping DMA channel 5 [0x5a5a5a5a] Sep 10 10:16:42 LAPTOP_BEN kernel: iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failing on timeout while stopping DMA channel 7 [0x5a5a5a5a] Sep 10 10:16:44 LAPTOP_BEN kernel: iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Unable to initialize device. In the attached log file there is more output, gathered over the last couple of days. The problem becomes worse after suspending. If I modprobe -r iwlwifi and iwldvm and modprobe them later, the device is gone until a full reboot. Additional info: * journalctl log excerpt in attachment * My problem is the same as posted here (http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/108488), but that post does not offer a solution Steps to reproduce: Use wifi, especially after suspend |
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Closed by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Friday, 27 September 2013, 06:35 GMT
Reason for closing: Upstream
Friday, 27 September 2013, 06:35 GMT
Reason for closing: Upstream
It seems the best solution is to buy a new wireless device. Anyway, thanks for trying to help!