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On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 01:54:52PM +0100, Pedro Francisco wrote:
> I've noticed in the past few days a pattern: sometimes nm-applet
> starts showing empty bars for the signal strength.

RSSI reporting problem or maybe NM issue. When you change kernel to
older or newer does this problem go away ?

> Running the script:
> sudo ifconfig wlan0 down; sleep 1
> sudo rmmod hp_wmi; sudo rmmod iwl3945; sudo rmmod iwlegacy; sudo rmmod
> mac80211; sudo rmmod cfg80211
> sleep 2; sudo rmmod rfkill; sync
> sudo modprobe rfkill; sudo modprobe cfg80211; sudo modprobe mac80211;
> sudo modprobe iwlegacy
> sudo modprobe iwl3945; sudo modprobe hp_wmi; sleep 1; sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

I run a bit modified script (I do not have hp_wmi.ko and rfkill.ko) for few
hours, and did not get any WARNING/crash. I used 3.5, can you check if that
problem is also fixed on your system on 3.5 or newer.

Stanislaw
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