https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111 Andreas Jaeger changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |zoz@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=427111 User zoz@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c3 Christian Zoz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |helmut.schaa@gmail.com, snwint@novell.com, | |mzugec@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andreas.schallenberg@eurobild.com --- Comment #3 from Christian Zoz 2008-10-15 07:20:13 MDT --- Is a driver already for the wlan nic already loaded when you launch YaST? Does loading the driver freeze the system? Can you please try if calling 'hwinfo' freezes the system, too? -- 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=427111 User zoz@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c5 Christian Zoz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC|snwint@novell.com |tambet@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andreas.schallenberg@eurobild.com Status Whiteboard| |tmd-wlan --- Comment #5 from Christian Zoz 2008-10-16 03:30:24 MDT --- We temporarily don't have much engineering resources for wlan problems. So it would help much if you could try to dig a bit further: (In reply to comment #4 from Andreas Schallenberg)

Here are some additional test results:

* The system freezes during boot on both cards, but late in the boot process. This happens, if network devices are controlled by network manager.

Andreas, could you please disable network at boottime completely and start NM manually to verify, that NM is really triggering the problem? Can you run 'cat /proc/kmsg' in another terminal to see if there were some kernel messages before the system freezes? Tambet, what else can he do to debug the issue with NM?

Controlling devices the traditional way (ifup etc) allows the system to boot.

Did you use the device the same way (same kind of connection/configuration)?

(The following tests are made using the Longshine card)

* lsmod reports the following modules after boot: rtl8180, mac80211, eeprom_93cx6 (calling "lsmod | grep rtl") * hwinfo does not make the system freeze * Calling network setup in yast freezes with "Treiberinformationen laden" (trans.: loading driver information), second item. The first item (network device detection) received a check mark.

Michal, how can that be debugged? -- 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=427111 User andreas.schallenberg@eurobild.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c6 Andreas Schallenberg changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andreas.schallenberg@eurobild.com | --- Comment #6 from Andreas Schallenberg 2008-10-16 14:05:15 MDT --- Starting "NetworkManager" manually does make the system freeze. There were no messages on /proc/kmsg. But I don't think this is the reason for the trouble, but rather one way to trigger the problem.

...

Controlling devices the traditional way (ifup etc) allows the system to boot. Did you use the device the same way (same kind of connection/configuration)?

I was not able to set up a configuration the traditional way. With NetworkManager disabled, the system boots into runlevel 5. As soon as I try to call YaST network setup, the system freezes. To clarify: To enable/disable NetworkManager using YaST, I remove the PCI card from the PC and re-insert it afterwards. -- 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=427111 User helmut.schaa@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c8 Helmut Schaa changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|helmut.schaa@gmail.com | --- Comment #8 from Helmut Schaa 2008-10-20 15:05:19 MDT --- Andreas, could you please verify if the freeze also happens if you start NetworkManager without having a frontend running (just kill KNetworkManager or nm-applet before starting NM)? (In reply to comment #6 from Andreas Schallenberg)

There were no messages on /proc/kmsg.

You could try to capture the kernel messages using netconsole over the ethernet interface. Have a look at [1] for more information. [1] http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt -- 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=427111 User andreas.schallenberg@eurobild.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c9 Andreas Schallenberg changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andreas.schallenberg@eurobild.com | --- Comment #9 from Andreas Schallenberg 2008-10-22 14:05:29 MDT ---

Andreas, could you please verify if the freeze also happens if you start NetworkManager without having a frontend running (just kill KNetworkManager or nm-applet before starting NM)?

Here is what I did: I used Yast2/network to disable networkmanager start. Reboot, inserted PCI card. Closed KNetworkmanager. Verified, that no network-manager process remains: "ps -Aef | grep -i netw" gives me one dhcpd process only (eth0 is configured and has an IP address via DHCP). Then I start "NetworkManager" as root from a shell. It takes around 2 seconds, then the system is frozen. Netconsole: I was not able to set this up. On the receiving machine (IP 192.168.178.21), I called "netcat -l -p 6666 -u" as root. On the sending machine (the freezing one, IP 192.168.178.33) I entered "modprobe netconsole 6666@192.168.178.33/eth0,6666@192.168.178.21/" I found in a blog that "ifconfig eth0 promisc ; ifconfig eth0 -promisc" should send some messages. But there were none. Even observing "eth0" using wireshark did not list any packages to 192.168.178.21. The firewall was shut down. Obviously I am doing something wrong here. IP 33 is connected via ethernet to a wlan router (the only ethernet port) and IP 21 uses wlan. Therefore I omitted the MAC address setting in the netconsole start, they wouldn't see each other's MAC address anyway. Asking for advice on IRC didn't help either. So if you really require the netconsole messages, it would be nice if there were some ability to chat at IRC at get some advice. -- 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=427111 User andreas.schallenberg@eurobild.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c11 --- Comment #11 from Andreas Schallenberg 2008-10-23 03:08:35 MDT --- (In reply to comment #10 from Helmut Schaa)

Ok, looks to me like the driver oopses either when NM sets the interface up, starts a scan or does any initialization. Could you please try if one of the following commands results in the system freeze too? - ifconfig wlan0 up - iwconfig wlan0 - iwlist wlan0 scan

I'll provide this info in some hours.

...

So if you really require the netconsole messages, it would be nice if there were some ability to chat at IRC at get some advice.

Good, I'll first try to reproduce the issue using a rtl8180. I hope to have access to this card next week.

I test with two cards having an rtl8185 chip. I could easily send you one. I just need an address. I also have access to a laptop with a 8180 chip on a PCMCIA card. The card works ok, so I'd expect that you propably won't be able to reproduce it with a 8180 card. -- 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=427111 User helmut.schaa@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c13 --- Comment #13 from Helmut Schaa 2008-10-24 06:44:06 MDT --- (In reply to comment #12 from Andreas Schallenberg)

...

(...) Could you please try if one of the following commands results in the system freeze too? - ifconfig wlan0 up

This makes the system freeze.

Thanks. That's a good starting point. -- 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=427111 Helmut Schaa changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- 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=427111 Helmut Schaa changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|zoz@novell.com |hschaa@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW -- 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=427111 User hschaa@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c14 Helmut Schaa changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |fseidel@novell.com --- Comment #14 from Helmut Schaa 2008-11-06 08:46:00 MST --- I received the card today. Thanks Andreas. -- 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=427111 User hschaa@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c16 Helmut Schaa changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC|helmut.schaa@gmail.com | Component|Network |Network Product|openSUSE 11.0 |openSUSE 11.1 Version|Final |Beta4 --- Comment #16 from Helmut Schaa 2008-11-07 06:15:41 MST --- Moving to 11.1. -- 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=427111 User hschaa@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c18 Helmut Schaa changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andreas.schallenberg@eurobild.com --- Comment #18 from Helmut Schaa 2008-11-11 03:59:03 MST --- (In reply to comment #17 from Andreas Schallenberg)

Guess what, I am writing this entry on that PC, connected to the internet over WLAN. It worked.

Just for information, which channel are you using (because it seems to me as only connections on channel 1, sometimes 2 and 3, are possible)? -- 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=427111 User hschaa@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c20 Helmut Schaa changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andreas.schallenberg@eurobild.com --- Comment #20 from Helmut Schaa 2008-11-12 02:47:29 MST --- Andreas, does the connection work reliable? How much attempts do you need to establish the connection? -- 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=427111 User bill@oldmillfarm.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427111#c22 Prexy Prexy changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bill@oldmillfarm.com OS/Version|openSUSE 11.0 |openSUSE 11.1 Version|Beta 4 |Final --- Comment #22 from Prexy Prexy 2008-12-29 14:43:04 MST --- I have same problem with a Trendnet 423PI (Trendware) card with a RTL8185L chip. This worked up through 11.0 but would not allow 11.1 (final) install at all. When card was removed, install completed. Similarly, pc will not boot installed system with card in place. I cannot see precisely where it hangs, but the last line I see before it freezes is "DNS Name Server" I am a novice and cannot perform the tests suggested in the bug report. -- 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.