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wireless freezes [solved]

Post by wilby »

Hi,
I am running mint 17 64bit on a Asus x54h laptop.
The problem I am having is with the wireless connection. Basically aftyer browsing for a short time or trying to download a file the page loading or download stops though the tab bar for the page stiil shows loading and the download freezes with the download information such as the time remaing and the download speed still being displayed.
If I disconnect and then reconnect the wireless the everything works fine for a while (5 minutes max) and then refreezes.
Eventually firefox freezes as well as does the networkmanager and then the entire system starts not responding. If I attempt to restart the system after it gets to this stage it starts to shutdown and then freezes totallly with the desktop backgrond being shown. I then have to perform a hard restart.
Sometimes when trying to disconnect adn reconnect the wireless The network manager has weird sybols in it and is not responsive.
Thanks.
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PatH57

Re: wireless freezes

Post by PatH57 »

Hi,

let's have a look on you hw and drivers used. In terminal copy paste this

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inxi -Fxz

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iwconfig
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Re: wireless freezes

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Thanks PatH57, here they are..

System: Host: pooter Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: K54L version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: K54L.208 date: 09/26/2011
CPU: Dual core Intel Pentium CPU B960 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3) bmips: 8779.48
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet driver: atl1c ver: 1.0.1.1-NAPI port: a000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlan1 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (5.4% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST9320325AS size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 52G used: 17G (33%) fs: ext4
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 174 Uptime: 23 min Memory: 704.8/3855.9MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4

and

wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Optus 4G WiFi E589 B646"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: 24:DB:AC:4C:B6:46
Bit Rate=65 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=48/70 Signal level=-62 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:74 Invalid misc:165 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.
PatH57

Re: wireless freezes

Post by PatH57 »

ok,

first I suggest you read this especially the part about your router and channel used.
Also check if you are using wpa2 on the router.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=175809

also we need the log output for the card

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dmesg | grep ath
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Re: wireless freezes

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Cheers,
The wireless router is on WPA/WPA2-PSK and the encryption is AES+TKIP I'll try switching to WPA-PSK2 with AES encryption.
The Channel is set to auto, I'll try different channels as well but might see how the WPA bit goes first.
Heres the output for the card.
[ 1.187437] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 00a5a65759de474bc5c43120880c1b94a539f431'
[ 25.015375] ath: phy0: Enable LNA combining
[ 25.034592] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
[ 25.034596] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 25.034598] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 25.034600] ath: Regpair used: 0x60
[ 25.060730] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.6.0 loaded
[ 31.899607] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8024
[ 31.899610] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[ 31.899612] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 31.899613] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x21
[ 31.899615] ath: Country alpha2 being used: AU
[ 31.899616] ath: Regpair used: 0x21
[ 31.899618] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 31.966654] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8024
[ 31.966657] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[ 31.966659] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 31.966660] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x21
[ 31.966662] ath: Country alpha2 being used: AU
[ 31.966663] ath: Regpair used: 0x21
[ 31.966665] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 3995.999221] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8024
[ 3995.999224] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[ 3995.999226] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 3995.999227] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x21
[ 3995.999229] ath: Country alpha2 being used: AU
[ 3995.999230] ath: Regpair used: 0x21
[ 3995.999232] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 3996.047084] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8024
[ 3996.047090] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[ 3996.047093] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 3996.047096] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x21
[ 3996.047099] ath: Country alpha2 being used: AU
[ 3996.047101] ath: Regpair used: 0x21
[ 3996.047105] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE

Thanks heaps.
PatH57

Re: wireless freezes

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also witch country are you in? seems the card spends a lot of time trying to auto configure itself for AU (not sure it really does succeed in doing so)
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Re: wireless freezes

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I'm in Australia.
It done it again after changing the settings. It seems to do it worse when I'm refreshing or opening tabs. I'll give you the details on what happened.
I was researching part suppliers for a freinds car and was opening 4 or five tabs which I then went through and clicked the parts section. Some of the pages loaded some started to and then stopped loading but still had the spinning thing in the tab bar. I disabled and renabled the wireless after which the pages completed loading. Then I went through and opened the model specific pages and started downloading a PDF which was about half way through when it froze again.
When I attempted to dissconnect the wireless the panel came up but I was unable to turn it off. I tried shutting down fire fox which worked but was unable to restart it.
Then the mouse stopped working but the touchpad still worked. clicking on any of the panel or desktop shortcuts wouldn't open anything though you could see the icon move.
I then proceeded to do a hard restart , reopened firefox restored previous session and everthing worked fine.
It does also freeze when woring on a sigal page and frooze twice when the only action on the laptop was a 70Mb download.
I probably should mention that I did try ubuntu and had had the same problem. I have also tried another wireless card with no success.
Do you think it may be something else causing it?

Thanks.
PatH57

Re: wireless freezes

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maybe it's strange that the mouse freezes. How is it connected?
let's have a deeper look

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lspci

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lsusb
and run

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dmesg | tail
first so that you can see the end then run the following and it will update whenever/ if something changes from the above.

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watch --differences dmesg | tail
so when it happens you should be able to catch the errors.
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Re: wireless freezes

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Thank you so much for your time.
Ok. I run a logitech wireless mouse but am able to replicate the problem with the mouse fully disconnected.
I can seem to replicate the freezing by going to photobucket and opening the browse recent page. Then if I open a couple of random photos in new tabs and refresh the browse recent page it will eventually freeze firefox from loading the page. If I then turn the wireless off and on mostley the pages continue to load (it does seem to slowdown the page loading considerably).
After repeating this 2 or 3 times the system freezes, sometimes fully and other times I can still use terminal and open other apps for a short time. If I try to do a normal shutdown or reboot thesystem will either freezeon the desktop or just have the background photo showing.
Heres the results with a before and after for the dmesg | grep ath test.
dmesg | grep ath
[ 1.188693] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 00a5a65759de474bc5c43120880c1b94a539f431'
[ 20.718178] ath: phy0: Enable LNA combining
[ 20.723101] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
[ 20.723105] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 20.723107] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 20.723109] ath: Regpair used: 0x60
[ 20.852146] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.6.0 loaded
[ 112.056379] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8024
[ 112.056382] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[ 112.056384] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 112.056385] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x21
[ 112.056386] ath: Country alpha2 being used: AU
[ 112.056388] ath: Regpair used: 0x21
[ 112.056389] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 181.697797] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x005!
[ 182.763182] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x005!


dmesg | grep ath
[ 1.188693] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 00a5a65759de474bc5c43120880c1b94a539f431'
[ 20.718178] ath: phy0: Enable LNA combining
[ 20.723101] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
[ 20.723105] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 20.723107] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 20.723109] ath: Regpair used: 0x60
[ 20.852146] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.6.0 loaded
[ 112.056379] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8024
[ 112.056382] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[ 112.056384] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 112.056385] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x21
[ 112.056386] ath: Country alpha2 being used: AU
[ 112.056388] ath: Regpair used: 0x21
[ 112.056389] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 181.697797] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x005!
[ 182.763182] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x005!
willy@pooter ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
03:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)


lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13d3:5710 IMC Networks UVC VGA Webcam
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


dmesg | tail
[ 112.056389] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 112.056417] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: AU
[ 112.056419] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 112.056420] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 112.056422] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 112.056424] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 112.056425] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
[ 113.840279] nf_conntrack: automatic helper assignment is deprecated and it will be removed soon. Use the iptables CT target to attach helpers instead.
[ 181.697797] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x005!
[ 182.763182] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x005!

dmesg | tail
[ 112.056389] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 112.056417] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: AU
[ 112.056419] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 112.056420] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 112.056422] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 112.056424] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 112.056425] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
[ 113.840279] nf_conntrack: automatic helper assignment is deprecated and it will be removed soon. Use the iptables CT target to attach helpers instead.
[ 181.697797] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x005!
[ 182.763182] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x005!
willy@pooter ~ $ watch --differences dmesg | tail

The watch --differences dmesg | tail never seemed to show anything while browsing so heres some additional test I did whilst browsing.
fresh boot
dmesg | tail
[ 30.230635] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 30.230663] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: AU
[ 30.230664] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 30.230666] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 30.230668] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 30.230670] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 30.230671] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
[ 32.924100] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
[ 32.984912] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
[ 33.135811] nf_conntrack: automatic helper assignment is deprecated and it will be removed soon. Use the iptables CT target to attach helpers instead.
willy@pooter ~ $ watch --differences dmesg | tail

and after pages stopped loading

dmesg | tail
[ 709.755385] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=72.251.229.242 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=239 ID=46935 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=59330 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 ACK RST URGP=0
[ 709.755399] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=72.251.229.242 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=239 ID=46934 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=59331 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 ACK RST URGP=0
[ 710.905889] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x005!
[ 736.976250] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=50.18.154.36 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=697 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=10435 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=43499 WINDOW=166 RES=0x00 ACK PSH URGP=0
[ 736.978177] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=50.18.154.36 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=712 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=17764 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=43953 WINDOW=166 RES=0x00 ACK PSH URGP=0
[ 759.509999] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=50.18.154.36 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=697 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=10436 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=43499 WINDOW=166 RES=0x00 ACK PSH URGP=0
[ 759.773819] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=50.18.154.36 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=712 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=17765 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=43953 WINDOW=166 RES=0x00 ACK PSH URGP=0
[ 763.067196] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=54.200.85.111 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=45 ID=37610 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=44060 WINDOW=74 RES=0x00 ACK FIN URGP=0
[ 763.521228] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=74.121.143.254 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=45 ID=23164 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=50788 WINDOW=46 RES=0x00 ACK FIN URGP=0
[ 771.374381] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=54.200.85.111 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=45 ID=37612 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=44060 WINDOW=74 RES=0x00 ACK FIN URGP=0
willy@pooter ~ $ watch -differences dmesg | tail

and after turning wireless off then on

willy@pooter ~ $ dmesg | tail
[ 965.985351] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x21
[ 965.985355] ath: Country alpha2 being used: AU
[ 965.985358] ath: Regpair used: 0x21
[ 965.985362] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 965.985405] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: AU
[ 965.985409] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 965.985414] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 965.985419] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 965.985424] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 965.985428] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
willy@pooter ~ $ watch --differences dmesg | tail

and after a reboot after a complete freeze with only the touchpad working, not able to open-close or move windows. I was able to close firefox but other windows were frozen.

dmesg | tail
[ 28.126507] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1512) terminated with status 1
[ 28.392518] nf_conntrack: automatic helper assignment is deprecated and it will be removed soon. Use the iptables CT target to attach helpers instead.
[ 53.550895] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=198.78.193.126 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=1434 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=18781 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=38848 WINDOW=54 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0
[ 56.243959] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=209.17.68.100 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=1434 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=239 ID=17891 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=59658 WINDOW=5855 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0
[ 70.228334] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=198.78.193.126 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=1434 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=35771 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=38851 WINDOW=54 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0
[ 83.904105] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=198.78.193.126 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=1434 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=20627 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=38852 WINDOW=54 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0
[ 83.907746] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=8.12.198.126 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=1271 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=36889 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=37538 WINDOW=54 RES=0x00 ACK PSH URGP=0
[ 83.964317] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=206.33.42.126 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=328 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=46436 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=55359 WINDOW=54 RES=0x00 ACK PSH URGP=0
[ 83.965842] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=198.78.193.126 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=328 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=46 ID=7556 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=38868 WINDOW=54 RES=0x00 ACK PSH URGP=0
[ 86.700978] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlan1 OUT= MAC=00:08:ca:22:22:80:24:db:ac:4c:b6:46:08:00 SRC=209.17.68.100 DST=192.168.1.100 LEN=1434 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=239 ID=49265 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=59652 WINDOW=7613 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0
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Re: wireless freezes

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Heres a photo of the network display. This happens also when freezing though I'm not always able to get a screen shot. There has only been one other network advailable all day and currently mine (optus) is the only one.
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Re: wireless freezes

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ok,

I will dig a bit deeper into
Enable LNA combining
(seems Athero is using a specific way to combine and filter signals)
Also I'm not excluding the freezing is coming from something else.
What desktop environment are you using? and are you using conky? (also what network-manager normal or wicd or...)

Another test we could do is to boot with your installation media and connect to the wifi, browse and play around for a moment (you can install addition software for this session). Let's see what happens.
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Re: wireless freezes

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I'm using the default desktop enviroment and network manager ie: I haven't changed anything since install.
I'll give the installation media a go and see what happens.
Thanks again.
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Re: wireless freezes

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by desktop environment I meant Mate, Cinnamon,Xfce or other.
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Re: wireless freezes

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Its Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 64-bit so I'm guessing cinnamon and in themes it is cinnamon.
I just ran from my install usb and it still had problems but the syptoms were different. It'd freeze loading pages and after turning the wireless off and on the pages would load. After repeating this a few times the network would show disconnected but the applet display on the panel showed connected.
I was able to open and close other applications and even open and close firefox the whole time, though once the pages stopped loading thunderbird failed to connect to the internet.
Shutting down froze on the background picture and reuired a hard restart.
One other thing which may be worth noting is the pages got slower to load after each time. I did do a speedtest with my mobile phone when the pages were loading really slow and was getting well over 1Mb/s download speed.
I got one test result while the pages were slow to load.
[ 2000.974379] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x21
[ 2000.974383] ath: Country alpha2 being used: AU
[ 2000.974387] ath: Regpair used: 0x21
[ 2000.974391] ath: regdomain 0x8024 dynamically updated by country IE
[ 2000.974428] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: AU
[ 2000.974431] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 2000.974436] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 2000.974441] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 2000.974446] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[ 2000.974450] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)

Thanks.
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Re: wireless freezes

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this one will be tricky :x

let's really quick it off.
Could you please use this? open terminal and copy paste this:

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sudo wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && \chmod +x wireless_script && \./wireless_script
It will download a script and create a file named wireless-info.txt or wireless-info.tar.gz in your home folder with wireless information so we can see the condition of your wireless at the time. The MAC address, WPA key and WEP key are removed for your security. Paste contents of the wireless-info.txt or wireless-info.tar.gz file at http://pastebin.ubuntu.com or alternatively http://pastebin.com/ then post the link here in your question.
and check this already.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=175809
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Re: wireless freezes

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Sorry for being so long getting back, been at work.
Yep I did check that link the other day,changed the router settings and wifi channel with no change.
I tried using a wireless dongle I had laying around and though I still had to disconnect and reconnect it was only once after a lot of repeating the same procedure I have been using to replicate problem.
Heres the link http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/8086976/
Would it be worthwhile trying another network manager and if so which?
Thanks
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Re: wireless freezes

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you posted the script but not the output of the scrip?
copy paste the command as I gave it to you and don't forget sudo as it needs to be able to write the output. (also use the dongle that creates the problem)
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Re: wireless freezes

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I must be doing something wrong?? Thats the contents of the wireless script that appears in my home folder after pasting the command in terminal.
Heres the results from terminal
sudo wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && \chmod +x wireless_script && \./wireless_script
[sudo] password for willy:
--2014-08-19 20:39:02-- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script
Resolving dl.dropbox.com (dl.dropbox.com)... 50.19.217.32
Connecting to dl.dropbox.com (dl.dropbox.com)|50.19.217.32|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 FOUND
Location: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5726 ... ess_script [following]
--2014-08-19 20:39:04-- http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5726 ... ess_script
Resolving dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)... 107.22.219.156, 54.225.70.39, 184.72.252.13, ...
Connecting to dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)|107.22.219.156|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 FOUND
Cookie coming from dl.dropboxusercontent.com attempted to set domain to dropbox.com
Cookie coming from dl.dropboxusercontent.com attempted to set domain to dropbox.com
Location: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/572 ... ess_script [following]
--2014-08-19 20:39:05-- https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/572 ... ess_script
Connecting to dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)|107.22.219.156|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 7661 (7.5K) [text/plain]
Last-modified header missing -- time-stamps turned off.
--2014-08-19 20:39:06-- https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/572 ... ess_script
Reusing existing connection to dl.dropboxusercontent.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 7661 (7.5K) [text/plain]
Saving to: 'wireless_script’

100%[======================================>] 7,661 --.-K/s in 0s

2014-08-19 20:39:07 (888 MB/s) - 'wireless_script’ saved [7661/7661]

chmod: changing permissions of ‘wireless_script’: Operation not permitted
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Re: wireless freezes

Post by PatH57 »

just had the same case on another thread:

try this

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su
then

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sudo wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && \chmod +x wireless_script && \./wireless_script
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Re: Re: wireless freezes

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PatH57 wrote:just had the same case on another thread:

try this

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su
then

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sudo wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && \chmod +x wireless_script && \./wireless_script

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wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && \chmod +x wireless_script && \./wireless_script
Shouldn't need superuser to run that since it is downloaded to home folder
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