Re: old kernel appears more stable than latest

[hlyg <hlyg2023@outlook.com>]

Thank Cater!

On 9/16/24 14:08, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

> Is this the USB stick adapter?
>     
    my wifi adapter is Realtek  RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Adapter, it
    uses firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin
> > i have downgraded kernel to linux-image-6.1.0-17-amd64, hopefully it can
> > solve my problem
> >
> > Sep 13 18:04:23 debian dhclient[1544]: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.43.217 on
> > wlx123 to 192.168.43.143 port 67
> > Sep 13 18:04:38 debian dhclient[1544]: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.43.217 on
> > wlx123 to 192.168.43.143 port 67
> >       
> Request going out for an IP address - does your router provide one?
>     
    hot spot of cell phone might be down, but it shall not cause problem
    for linux 
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel: INFO: task RTW_CMD_THREAD:561 blocked for
> > more than 483 seconds.
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:       Tainted: G         C 6.1.0-25-amd64 #1
> > Debian 6.1.106-3
> >       
> Why tainted - is this a kernel you've built yourself / have you had to add
> extra support for another device eg a graphics card?
>     
    kernel isn't built by me, display card is Radeon Xpress 200 Series,
    i install xserver-xorg-video-ati for it
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel: "echo 0 >
> > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel: task:RTW_CMD_THREAD  state:D stack:0    
> > pid:561   ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel: Call Trace:
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  <TASK>
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  __schedule+0x34d/0x9e0
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  schedule+0x5a/0xd0
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  schedule_timeout+0x118/0x150
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  wait_for_completion+0x86/0x160
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  ? rtw_setassocsta_cmdrsp_callback+0x80/0x80
> > [r8188eu]
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  rtw_cmd_thread+0x3f/0x180 [r8188eu]
> >       
> Seems to be the WiFi adapter here in the stack trace
>
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  kthread+0xda/0x100
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
> > Sep 13 18:04:53 debian kernel:  </TASK>
> >       
> Return from fork and IP address being requested again ...
>
> > Sep 13 18:04:57 debian dhclient[1544]: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.43.217 on
> >
> > Repeating the above
> >       
>     
    it will repeat for more time or forever if i don't restart pc
> > All the very best, as ever,
> >
> > Andy
> > (amacater@debian.org) 
> >
> >       
>