On Tuesday 23 Apr 2013 14:13:30 Sujith Manoharan wrote: > Gerry Gavigan wrote: > > 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 > > Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01) > > As a first step, can you disable Power Save and see if the issue persists ? > ("iw dev wlan# set power_save off" and verify that "iw wlan0 get power_save" > shows "off"). Thank you - turned power save off - confirmed - shut down - restarted - power save is on problem persists dmesg trace [ 15.610198] wlan0: direct probe to 00:1f:33:7a:cf:b4 (try 3/3) [ 15.811020] wlan0: authentication with 00:1f:33:7a:cf:b4 timed out [ 15.931895] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 15.931944] WARNING: at /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel- desktop-3.7.10/linux-3.7/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c:794 ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc+0xa8/0xc0 [ath9k_hw]() [ 15.931948] Hardware name: AOD270 [ 15.931952] Modules linked in: xt_tcpudp xt_pkttype xt_LOG xt_limit af_packet bnep bluetooth ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_raw ipt_REJECT iptable_raw xt_CT iptable_filter ip6table_mangle nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave acpi_cpufreq mperf coretemp iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support acer_wmi sparse_keymap snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm microcode snd_seq pcspkr uvcvideo serio_raw videobuf2_core videodev videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops joydev i2c_i801 snd_timer sg snd_seq_device lpc_ich mfd_core arc4 snd ath9k mac80211 ath9k_common ath9k_hw rts_pstor(C) ath cfg80211 rfkill r8169 soundcore snd_page_alloc ac wmi battery button autofs4 gma500_gfx drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit thermal video processor thermal_sys scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh [ 15.932067] Pid: 63, comm: kworker/u:2 Tainted: G C 3.7.10-1.1-desktop #1 [ 15.932071] Call Trace: [ 15.932093] [<c0205779>] try_stack_unwind+0x199/0x1b0 [ 15.932110] [<c0204487>] dump_trace+0x47/0xf0 [ 15.932121] [<c02057db>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x4b/0x60 [ 15.932130] [<c0205808>] show_trace+0x18/0x20 [ 15.932141] [<c06fbeeb>] dump_stack+0x6d/0x72 [ 15.932151] [<c0238cb8>] warn_slowpath_common+0x78/0xb0 [ 15.932162] [<c0238d0b>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1b/0x20 [ 15.932185] [<f7c78448>] ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc+0xa8/0xc0 [ath9k_hw] [ 15.932215] [<f7b712b8>] ath_hw_pll_work+0x48/0xc0 [ath9k] [ 15.932261] [<c02527dc>] process_one_work+0x10c/0x400 [ 15.932272] [<c0253e89>] worker_thread+0x119/0x3b0 [ 15.932282] [<c02584f2>] kthread+0x92/0xa0 [ 15.932294] [<c070dc67>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x1b/0x28 [ 15.932304] [<c0258460>] kthread_create_on_node+0xd0/0xd0 [ 15.939555] DWARF2 unwinder stuck at kthread+0x0/0xa0 [ 15.939561] [ 15.939565] Leftover inexact backtrace: [ 15.939565] [ 15.939577] ---[ end trace bf86f678b93882b1 ]--- should I - turn power save off - reinstall 3.7.10 (start again with openSUSE 12.3)? Grateful people are helping, sorry if I'm being stupid Gerry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html