F17 wireless card problem

[Mark Haney]

This one might be a lot harder.  I installed (fresh) F17 on my new 
6-core Phenom II system. I normally will keep that server on and 
accessible via ssh from the internet so I can monitor logs on Squid, do 
bandwidth tests on my customers servers, etc.

I let the server sit running over Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning 
last week, came in to do some work on it Sat evening and the wireless 
NIC would NOT come up.  It's set to connect automatically and system 
connection in Network Manager. Even restarting the Network service 
failed to bring it up.  So, after some digging I noticed this in dmesg:

[25013.930030] phy0 -> rt2500pci_set_device_state: Error - Device failed 
to enter state 1 (-16).
[25013.930036] phy0 -> rt2500pci_set_device_state: Error - Device failed 
to enter state 1 (-16).
[25016.435030] ieee80211 phy0: wlan0: No probe response from AP 
0c:d5:02:7e:98:1f after 500ms, disconnecting.
[25016.441120] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[25016.447192] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[25016.447196] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), 
(max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[25016.447199] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 
mBi, 2000 mBm)

[25016.447230] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
[25016.450200] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US
[25016.450203] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), 
(max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[25016.450205] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz),
[25017.234399] wlan0: authenticate with 0c:d5:02:7e:98:1f
[25017.239521] wlan0: send auth to 0c:d5:02:7e:98:1f (try 1/3)
[25017.440026] wlan0: send auth to 0c:d5:02:7e:98:1f (try 2/3)
[25017.641026] wlan0: send auth to 0c:d5:02:7e:98:1f (try 3/3)
[25017.842021] wlan0: authentication with 0c:d5:02:7e:98:1f timed out
[25030.128035] phy0 -> rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error - Dropping 
frame due to full tx queue 0.
[25035.811027] phy0 -> rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error - Dropping 
frame due to full tx queue 0.
[25041.499026] phy0 -> rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error - Dropping 
frame due to full tx queue 0.
[25047.184028] phy0 -> rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error - Dropping 
frame due to full tx queue 0.

I've never seen this error before on any of my systems. I run F17 on my 
netbook and have let it sit for days running without this problem.

Couple of things to note, I live way out in the boonies, so there is no 
security on the wireless router I connect to.  I've rebooted the router 
just to make sure it wasn't the problem.  The card came up after a 
reboot, but this is bothersome if I can't rely on the link to be up all 
the time.

I'll be glad to offer any more information that may be necessary.

Any ideas?

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Mark Haney
Software Developer/Consultant
AB Emblem
markh at abemblem.com
Linux marius.homelinux 3.4.4-4.fc16.x86_64 GNU/Linux