Yes, it is a patch. Steps to reproduce:
- configure a permanent connection to a WEP-encrypted AP. - the AP has very good signal quality, and is 99.9% of the time available. - only sporadic short 1-2 seconds interruptions of the beacon. - one or two other APs have very poor signal quality, and enter/leave the live list often. after some days/weeks/months the wifi connection breaks, and the network manager does no longer see the AP, although the iwlist wlan0 scanning sees it at 99.9% of the time. That status lasts until either network manager is re-started or the AP is shut down for 10 minutes and then started again, at that time the AP is visible again. I am 100% sure that this has an impact on other users too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1181964 Title: Wireless connection does not re-connect Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: If the Access point is rebooted, Linux wont re-connect. That behaviour is reproducable with the -43 Kernel version. Only way to re-connect is disable & enable Wireless connection or reboot. Previous version, -41 and -39 did automatically re-connect after a few seconds. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-43-generic-pae 3.2.0-43.68 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-43.68-generic-pae 3.2.42 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-43-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fcclassic AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: aplay: device_list:252: no soundcards found... ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: arecord: device_list:252: no soundcards found... AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/midiC0D0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Date: Mon May 20 09:53:54 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=20273ec5-368b-49e4-b7b4-b9983dc66732 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.1) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Giga-Byte Technology CO., LTD i440BX-W977 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-43-generic-pae root=UUID=cb9535b0-5aba-42d3-9186-2a5255f2d167 ro nomodeset quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-43-generic-pae N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-43-generic-pae N/A linux-firmware 1.79.4 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/18/00 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: 4.51 PG dmi.board.name: i440BX-W977 dmi.board.vendor: Corporation Name dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.chassis.vendor: Corporation Name dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvr4.51PG:bd12/18/00:svnGiga-ByteTechnologyCO.,LTD:pni440BX-W977:pvr1.0:rvnCorporationName:rni440BX-W977:rvr1.0:cvnCorporationName:ct2:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: i440BX-W977 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Giga-Byte Technology CO., LTD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1181964/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
