[Bug 462967] New: laptop wireless light blinks all the time.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 Summary: laptop wireless light blinks all the time. Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: bob_l_lewis@yahoo.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Beta-Customer I have an HP laptop Model: Pavilion dv5237cl using PROWireless 3945ABG Two minor networking problems have surfaced with 11.1 1) The blue light indicating the wireless network is active blinks all the time. Sometimes it stops for 2-seconds. The blinking is hard on the eyes. The wireless network does function. It is dual booted and does not happen with (YUCK) XP. 2) The signal strength bars only have two bars out of the four even when I am right next to the wireless router. It doesn't seem to be an accurate indicator. XP does show the signal as high. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 User bob_l_lewis@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967#c1 Robert Lewis <bob_l_lewis@yahoo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Normal |Critical Priority|P5 - None |P2 - High --- Comment #1 from Robert Lewis <bob_l_lewis@yahoo.com> 2008-12-31 11:45:51 MST --- I have found that if I turn off within YaST Network Manager and select the Traditional Method with "ifup" that I can toggle the wireless switch at the top of my keyboard ok. This problem seems to only be with the "Network Manager" default setting. In addition, if I am using Network Manager I have found two ways to get the wireless back working. One is to boot into Microsoft and press the button. The other way is to go into the BIOS settings and turn off the wireless card and then turn it back on saving the settings. Again this is with an iwl3945 chipset. Ubuntu has the same problem with the switch for the light and the blinking light. The blinking light is very very disturbing. Please fix the blinking light and the wireless switch issue within Network Manager. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 User jrobiso2@ford.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967#c2 Jonathon Robison <jrobiso2@ford.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jrobiso2@ford.com --- Comment #2 from Jonathon Robison <jrobiso2@ford.com> 2009-01-09 21:05:54 MST --- I can confirm that "das blinken light" happens constantly on my Dell Latitude D620. While I am very pleased that the developers took the time to work on the light issue (11.0 had no light at all), I'm thinking I would have preferred no light to this constant "blinky-blinky-blinky" eye-sore. I can also second the "2 bars" problem. I have excellent signal from my Linksys N610 router (I am also sitting practically on top of it) and yet I get only 2 bars. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 User aorlovskyy@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967#c3 Alexander Orlovskyy <aorlovskyy@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P2 - High |P4 - Low CC| |aorlovskyy@novell.com Severity|Critical |Normal --- Comment #3 from Alexander Orlovskyy <aorlovskyy@novell.com> 2009-01-13 07:57:42 MST --- Changing priority and severity. Please refer to http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/Definitions#Bug_Priorities -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 Robert Vojcik <rvojcik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |kernel-maintainers@forge.pr |ovo.novell.com |ovo.novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 User gregkh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967#c4 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|kernel-maintainers@forge.pr |bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |ovo.novell.com |ovo.novell.com --- Comment #4 from Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@novell.com> 2009-01-22 21:37:09 MST --- This is not a kernel issue, a networkmanager one, reassigning... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 Andreas Jaeger <aj@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hschaa@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |tambet@novell.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 User tambet@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967#c5 Tambet Ingo <tambet@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED AssignedTo|tambet@novell.com |hschaa@novell.com --- Comment #5 from Tambet Ingo <tambet@novell.com> 2009-01-23 01:24:34 MST --- Looks like another (or the same) iwl3945 killswitch issue to me. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 User hschaa@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967#c6 Helmut Schaa <hschaa@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEW AssignedTo|hschaa@novell.com |tambet@novell.com --- Comment #6 from Helmut Schaa <hschaa@novell.com> 2009-01-23 01:29:42 MST --- (In reply to comment #2)
I'm thinking I would have preferred no light to this constant "blinky-blinky-blinky" eye-sore.
The LED blinks when traffic goes through the wireless card. However you can configure the LED behavior in /sys/class/net/wlanX/device/leds. For example something like echo none > /sys/class/net/wlanX/device/leds/*TX/trigger echo none > /sys/class/net/wlanX/device/leds/*RX/trigger echo none > /sys/class/net/wlanX/device/leds/*assoc/trigger should deactivate the blinking while traffic is received or transmitted. Just play with the LED triggers to get the desired behavior. So, the LED part is no bug. (In reply to comment #1)
In addition, if I am using Network Manager I have found two ways to get the wireless back working. One is to boot into Microsoft and press the button. The other way is to go into the BIOS settings and turn off the wireless card and then turn it back on saving the settings. Again this is with an iwl3945 chipset.
This behavior is already fixed in the current kernel git and should appear soon as update for 11.1. Hence, I'd suggest to close this report as INVALID and open a new one for the last remaining issue: only two signal strength bars are shown ... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 Helmut Schaa <hschaa@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|tambet@novell.com |hschaa@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 User hschaa@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967#c7 Helmut Schaa <hschaa@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #7 from Helmut Schaa <hschaa@novell.com> 2009-01-23 01:32:12 MST --- Robert, please open a new bug report for the "only two signal strength bars are shown ..." bug. Thanks. Closing as INVALID due to the reasons stated in comment #6. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 User bob_l_lewis@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967#c8 --- Comment #8 from Robert Lewis <bob_l_lewis@yahoo.com> 2009-01-23 13:32:20 MST --- Technique mentioned above works for me. Agreed that is can be closed as invalid. I will be opening up a new b/r to indicate that an USER interface to control this needs to be designed. I guess that would be an enhancement/feature request. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967 User hschaa@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462967#c9 --- Comment #9 from Helmut Schaa <hschaa@novell.com> 2009-01-24 02:39:32 MST --- (In reply to comment #8)
I will be opening up a new b/r to indicate that an USER interface to control this needs to be designed. I guess that would be an enhancement/feature request.
Right. But please file the feature request at features.opensuse.org instead of bugzilla. Thanks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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