On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 19:00 +0200, Olivier Berger wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 3.2.12-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi.
> 
> As you can see from this logs excerpts, I get spammed by cfg80211 in
> kernel logs every 5 seconds or so :-(
> 
> This tends to be filling up /var, if not paying attention.
> 
> I guess there must be something wrong somewhere...
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Does the wireless interface actually work?

[...]
> iface wlan0nab inet static
>        wireless-mode managed
>        wireless-essid Nabaztag4D
>         address 192.168.0.2
>          netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> 
> 
> 
> iface wlan0freebox inet dhcp
>          wireless-mode managed
>          wireless-essid olivierberger
>       wpa-ssid olivierberger
> wpa-passphrase ********

Which of these configurations have you been using?

[...]
> 0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 
> [8086:4232]
>       Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN [8086:1321]
>       Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
> Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
>       Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
> <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>       Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
>       Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 44
>       Region 0: Memory at f69fe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
>       Capabilities: <access denied>
>       Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
[...]
> Versions of packages linux-image-3.2.0-2-686-pae is related to:
[...]
> pn  firmware-iwlwifi        0.35
[...]

The firmware package seems to have been removed.  Have you downloaded
and installed the Intel WiFi Link firmware separately?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.

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