Bug#779084: firmware-ralink: ralink wifi is very unstable
Package: firmware-ralink
Version: 0.43
Severity: important
Hello Ben and Team,
I've been using this wifi for around 6 months now and I have definite
patter to share, on what triggers the bug. But once the bug is
triggered, association with an AP is impossible without a system reboot.
Following is the message spat on the kernel log.
[ 3326.041150] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 2/3)
[ 3326.245315] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 3/3)
[ 3326.449482] wlan0: authentication with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d timed out
[ 3344.112116] wlan0: authenticate with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d
[ 3344.127822] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 1/3)
[ 3344.331876] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 2/3)
[ 3344.536092] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 3/3)
[ 3344.740208] wlan0: authentication with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d timed out
[ 3358.931865] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3359.213949] r8169 0000:0f:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 3359.214006] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3504.645334] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3504.705372] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3504.967489] r8169 0000:0f:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 3504.967552] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3505.181733] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3520.534406] wlan0: authenticate with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d
[ 3520.554042] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 1/3)
[ 3520.758148] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 2/3)
[ 3520.962331] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 3/3)
[ 3521.166399] wlan0: authentication with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d timed out
[ 3525.586524] wlan0: authenticate with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d
[ 3525.594060] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 1/3)
[ 3525.798167] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 2/3)
[ 3526.002323] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 3/3)
[ 3526.206483] wlan0: authentication with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d timed out
[ 3543.869292] wlan0: authenticate with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d
[ 3543.884805] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 1/3)
[ 3544.088890] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 2/3)
[ 3544.293069] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 3/3)
[ 3544.497255] wlan0: authentication with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d timed out
[ 3546.338940] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3546.338971] wlan0: authenticate with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d
[ 3546.346841] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 1/3)
[ 3546.403205] wlan0: aborting authentication with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d by
local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
[ 3546.410844] wlan0: authenticate with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d
[ 3546.426904] wlan0: direct probe to 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d (try 1/3)
[ 3546.426938] wlan0: aborting authentication with 08:86:3b:8d:df:1d by
local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
[ 3546.614964] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00queue_flush_queue: Warning - Queue
0 failed to flush
[ 3546.837225] r8169 0000:0f:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 3546.837286] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3547.039550] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3548.044368] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3548.342499] r8169 0000:0f:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 3548.342566] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3549.149524] ieee80211 phy0: rt2800mmio_txdone: Warning - Got TX
status for an empty queue 0, dropping
[ 3549.261077] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error -
Arrived at non-free entry in the non-full queue 0
Please file bug report to http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
[ 3561.743353] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3561.911333] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error -
Arrived at non-free entry in the non-full queue 0
Please file bug report to http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
[ 3569.013263] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3569.283366] r8169 0000:0f:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 3569.283433] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3569.493608] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3571.695255] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error -
Arrived at non-free entry in the non-full queue 0
Please file bug report to http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
16:06 ♒♒♒ ☺
The only possible workaround I know so far is to reboot the machine and
hope that on next reboot, it can associate with an AP.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
firmware-ralink depends on no packages.
firmware-ralink recommends no packages.
Versions of packages firmware-ralink suggests:
ii initramfs-tools 0.116
-- no debconf information
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