On 5 July 2015 at 16:58, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:On 07/05/2015 12:19 PM, Beco wrote:
> 16G of syslog ... over and over, this messages:
1 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859352] ieee80211 phy0:
rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'
2 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859358] rt2800pci 0000:03:00.0:
firmware: failed to load rt2860.bin (-2)
3 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859359] rt2800pci 0000:03:00.0:
Direct firmware load failed with error -2
4 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859361] rt2800pci 0000:03:00.0:
Falling back to user helper
It looks like the kernel is trapped in an infinite loop trying to load firmware for a network interface, and filling up your logs with error messages.
Possible solutions:
1. Disable or remove the hardware in question.
2. Install rt2860.bin. STFW "ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'", I see:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7563606.html
David