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Bug#562981: rt2860-source: connection drops - debian kernel 2.6.32



On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 12:02 -0600, Timothee Besset wrote:
> Package: rt2860-source
> Severity: important
> 
> On latest sid kernel:
> Linux plageis 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 17 06:29:18 UTC 2009
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> My wireless connection suddenly drops after 20 to 30 minutes of usage,
> especially when I run the program synergy between my machines (if I am
> not running synergy it can take many hours between every drops).
> 
> In the syslog I see:
> ERROR!!! RTMPCancelTimer failed, Timer hasn't been initialize!
> right as the connection drops
> 
> at that point only solution is:
> ifdown wlan0 ; rmmod rt2860sta ; sleep 2 ; modprobe rt2860sta ; ifup wlan0
> 
> I am not sure where else to report this, I found this package from
> http://wiki.debian.org/rt2860sta and the vendor's support page returns a
> 404 (http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html)

rt2860sta is now included in kernel packages (among the 'staging'
drivers).  This bug has been reassigned accordingly.  Please follow up
to this bug report (#562981) using reportbug, which should automatically
include some useful information about your system.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.

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