There's an additional development here: blacklisting acer-wmi stops the constant disconection and reconnection but the wireless then runs very slow. Here is a link to another user's advice on this, with a different machine, Ubuntu 11:10 being the affected version, this Kernel 3.0 and above again: http://www.lamnk.com/blog/computer/fixing-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot-wireless-problem-with-atheros-ar9285-and-ralink-rt3090/ On some machines this seemed to fix all the problems, on mine it left the wireless staying connected but almost uselessly slow, a problem that may have existed before but beenundetectable due to the constant disconnections. There are bugs filed against "ubuntu" for this blacklisting acer-wmi does not harm performance on 2.6 kernels on my netbook, so I left the blaxcklist in place
> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 03:53:44 +0000 > From: 799...@bugs.launchpad.net > To: lukek...@hotmail.com > Subject: RE: [Bug 799290] Re: wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects > with kernel 3.0 > > UPDATE 2-Bad news: The bug returned after upgrading to Precise (64 bit) and > using an encrypted wifi hotspot that has always been a little buggy itself. > Only thing is, fetching and installing linux-image 2-6-38-8-generic, as > usual, fixes the problem. Therefore something in all the 3.0 and later > kernels is reacting poorly with the rest of the network software or else > working poorly itself. > > > > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 01:41:10 +0000 > > From: 799...@bugs.launchpad.net > > To: lukek...@hotmail.com > > Subject: RE: [Bug 799290] Re: wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects > > with kernel 3.0 > > > > UPDATE: This bug was NOT present in a fresh install of Ubuntu Oneiric 64 > > bit on the offendingf laptop. I do not know, however, if this was because > > of the use of 64 bit or because some legacy file in my old install was > > confusing network-manager and wicd both. The original OS had been updated > > by changingg repos from Jaunty all the way to early Precise one step at a > > time as each new version came out. The new install is to switch over to 64 > > bit, no wireless problems whatsoever! > > This bug might have been my machine only as a result of the long update > > chain, otherwise 64 bit does not have it. > > > > > Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:01:34 +0000 > > > From: 799...@bugs.launchpad.net > > > To: lukek...@hotmail.com > > > Subject: [Bug 799290] Re: wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects > > > with kernel 3.0 > > > > > > Still present in kernel 3.1.0-1-generic-pae > > > > > > Worse in network-manager than in Wicd, which is almost usable with this > > > version. Wicd peformance seems to sometime get better, sometimes worse. > > > I have just about given up on anyone fixing this, and hope no newer > > > version of Ubuntu becomes incapable of running with the older > > > 2.38.8-generic kernel my netbook requires to be usable in Oneiric or (as > > > of now) precise. I do not want to have to either not keep the netbook > > > on the same OS as my other machines, or use it only with an external USB > > > wireless device, of which I have one that works but is used with one of > > > the desktops. This goes double with all the usb modeswitching stuff now > > > on the market. > > > > > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > > > Status: Incomplete => Confirmed > > > > > > -- > > > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > > > report. > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799290 > > > > > > Title: > > > wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects with kernel 3.0 > > > > > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/799290/+subscriptions > > > > -- > > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > > report. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799290 > > > > Title: > > wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects with kernel 3.0 > > > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/799290/+subscriptions > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799290 > > Title: > wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects with kernel 3.0 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/799290/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799290 Title: wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects with kernel 3.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/799290/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
