Bug#772817: linux: ralink driver fails to connect to some wifi
Source: linux
Severity: normal
At times, the kernel fails to connect to some of the wifis around. It
throws the following in dmesg:
Dec 11 16:42:46 learner kernel: [60584.492135] ieee80211 phy0:
rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error - Arrived at non-free entry in the
non-full queue 0
Dec 11 16:42:46 learner kernel: [60584.492135] Please file bug report to
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
The site mentioned is dead. I guess it may have to do with the fact that
ralink was merged to mainline, hence the bug report against this
package.
The most interesting bit is the workaround. To overcome the problem, I
need to reboot into Windows, and let it initialize the device with the
driver/firmware on Windows. Once done, I reboot into Linux and then can
connect to the same wifi.
I know this information is alone not enough. What additional information
can I provide ? This has been the case with all the recent kernels I've
used, 3.16 and 3.17.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
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