On 5 July 2015 at 16:58, David Christensen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 07/05/2015 12:19 PM, Beco wrote:
>> > 16G of syslog ... over and over, this messages:
>>
>>> 1 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859352] ieee80211 phy0:
>>> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'
>>> 2 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859358] rt2800pci 0000:03:00.0:
>>> firmware: failed to load rt2860.bin (-2)
>>> 3 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859359] rt2800pci 0000:03:00.0:
>>> Direct firmware load failed with error -2
>>> 4 Jul 5 15:35:58 beco kernel: [66691.859361] rt2800pci 0000:03:00.0:
>>> Falling back to user helper
>>>
>>
>> It looks like the kernel is trapped in an infinite loop trying to load
>> firmware for a network interface, and filling up your logs with error
>> messages.
>>
>>
>> Possible solutions:
>>
>> 1. Disable or remove the hardware in question.
>>
>> 2. Install rt2860.bin. STFW "ieee80211 phy0:
>> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin'", I
>> see:
>>
>> https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7563606.html
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>
David, guys,
Just to be sure: this server doesn't have (nor need) wireless interface.
root@camelo:/var/log# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 22:60:77:93:3a:1c
inet addr:10.0.3.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::3a77:33ff:fe93:3a1c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:508681 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:213717 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:56644394 (54.0 MiB) TX bytes:107124530 (102.1 MiB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:f7200000-f7220000
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:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:2066703 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2066703 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:95588488 (91.1 MiB) TX bytes:95588488 (91.1 MiB)
I prefer uninstall it if so. But I'm having trouble identifying it. What
exactly should I uninstall? I need eth0 working (and thats all).
Also, is wpa_supplicant really necessary?
Thanks,
Beco.
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