[driverloader] Have to rerun dldrconfig after re-boot. SUSE 9.1 Driverloader 2.04

Linuxant support (Jonathan) support at linuxant.com
Wed Aug 18 10:46:00 EDT 2004


Hi,

it doesn't seem to be a configuration problem. The messages left in 
'/var/log/message' indicate that you are unable to send and/or receive 
packets with the wireless interface.

Since running 'dldrconfig' after each reboot fix the problem, please try 
the following workaround. Please add the following lines at the end of 
your '/etc/rc.d/boot.local' file :

---
dldrstop
modprobe driverloader
ifup wlan0
---

Please send at support at linuxant.com the output of 'dumpdiag'. Type the 
following in a root shell:

---
dldrconfig --dumpdiag
---

Just send us the generated file located in /tmp ('driverloaderdiag.txt').
With this information, we will try to reproduce the problem.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com


Kevin Leighton wrote:
> I know this one appears from time to time but the resolutions I have 
> seen do not help with this issue so please bear with me.
> 
> I have SUSE 9.1 professional and have just upgraded the kernel from 
> 2.6.4-52-default which worked fine with Driverloader to 2.6.5-7.104. I 
> upgraded  Driverloader to match and ever since I have mostly had to run 
> "dldrconfig" after booting to get my Belkin Wireless Network card to 
> work properly.
> 
> I have tried versions 2.03 and 2.04 both specific rpm and generic 
> versions with the same result. I thought I had cracked it with 2.04 
> because after the first reboot of the PC it worked fine but on the 
> second I am back to square one and have had to run dldrconfig again. I 
> have run the tests prescribed in the FAQ and mostly everything seems to 
> be OK however the output from /sys/var/messages repeatedly has the line 
> "kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out"
> 
> I did try putting the string "alias wlan0 driverloader" (without the " 
> "'s) into modprobe.conf and modprobe.conf.local but this hasn't made any 
> difference.
> 
> I have put the results of the various queries below and I hope somebody 
> can help me out now as I am feeling somewhat mystified after it worked 
> so well with the previous kernel.
> 
> Many thanks in anticipation
> 
> Kevin ..
> 
> 
> *Upstairs:~ # lsmod*
> Module                  Size  Used by
> edd                     9368  0
> joydev                 10304  0
> sg                     35616  0
> st                     39196  0
> sd_mod                 20224  0
> sr_mod                 16292  0
> scsi_mod              108876  4 sg,st,sd_mod,sr_mod
> nvram                   8456  0
> usbserial              29040  0
> parport_pc             35520  1
> lp                     11044  0
> parport                37832  2 parport_pc,lp
> snd_seq_oss            31232  0
> snd_pcm_oss            57512  0
> snd_mixer_oss          18944  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_seq_midi            9120  0
> snd_seq_midi_event      7680  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> snd_opl3_synth         16388  0
> snd_seq_instr           7808  1 snd_opl3_synth
> snd_seq_midi_emul       7936  1 snd_opl3_synth
> speedstep_lib           3712  0
> snd_seq                54928  9 
> snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_opl3_synth,snd_seq_instr,snd_seq_midi_emul 
> 
> snd_ainstr_fm           2944  1 snd_opl3_synth
> freq_table              4612  0
> snd_es1938             21672  4
> snd_pcm                97032  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_es1938
> snd_page_alloc         11528  1 snd_pcm
> snd_opl3_lib           11008  2 snd_opl3_synth,snd_es1938
> snd_timer              25860  3 snd_seq,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
> snd_hwdep               9860  1 snd_opl3_lib
> gameport                4736  1 snd_es1938
> snd_mpu401_uart         8064  1 snd_es1938
> snd_rawmidi            25508  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device          8456  6 
> snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_opl3_synth,snd_seq,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
> snd                    61444  26 
> snd_seq_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_opl3_synth,snd_seq_instr,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq,snd_es1938,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device 
> 
> soundcore               9056  1 snd
> ipv6                  237440  15
> af_packet              20872  2
> ohci_hcd               19332  0
> sis_agp                 7424  1
> agpgart                30888  1 sis_agp
> driverloader          275816  0
> evdev                   9856  0
> usbcore               103644  5 usbserial,ohci_hcd,driverloader
> ide_cd                 36740  0
> cdrom                  36764  2 sr_mod,ide_cd
> subfs                   7424  3
> dm_mod                 50300  0
> reiserfs              241360  1
> 
> 
> *Upstairs:~ # ifconfig -a*
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>          RX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>          RX bytes:3196 (3.1 Kb)  TX bytes:3196 (3.1 Kb)
> 
> sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
>          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> 
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:BD:F1:60:5C
>          inet addr:192.168.2.3  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          inet6 addr: fe80::230:bdff:fef1:605c/64 Scope:Link
>          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:42 errors:59 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:2059 (2.0 Kb)  TX bytes:4846 (4.7 Kb)
> 
> *Upstairs:~ # iwconfig*
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"wireless1"  Nickname:"BelkinCardUpstairs"
>          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.432GHz  Access Point: 00:30:BD:F5:41:EB
>          Bit Rate=54Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm
>          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>          Encryption key:off
>          Power Management:off
>          Link Quality:100/100  Signal level:-35 dBm  Noise level:-68 dBm
>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:147   Missed beacon:0
> 
> sit0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> 
> *messages*
> 
> Aug 17 22:24:10 Upstairs kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out
> Aug 17 22:24:42 Upstairs last message repeated 8 times
> Aug 17 22:25:46 Upstairs last message repeated 16 times
> Aug 17 22:26:46 Upstairs last message repeated 15 times
> Aug 17 22:27:46 Upstairs last message repeated 15 times
> Aug 17 22:28:46 Upstairs last message repeated 15 times
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