[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2016-01-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags removed: latest-bios-a09 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a12 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 Title: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping To manage no

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-05-07 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 T

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-03-08 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi! The second link does not have the iwlwifi-7260-12.ucode file. Without that installed, I got the following message in /var/log/syslog: Mar 6 18:48:07 Dell kernel: [3.448905] iwlwifi :08:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7260-12.ucode failed with error -2 Mar 6 18:48:07 Dell k

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-03-07 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Zoltan Palagyi, just to clarify, the following is not a reliable source location for intel firmware http://www.fishprogs.info/puppy/firmware/ . Instead, one would want to use the source location at https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi#firmware . -- You received this bug noti

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-03-06 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi! That kernel asks for iwlwifi-7260-12.ucode. I found that file here: http://www.fishprogs.info/puppy/firmware/ Am I supposed to use that? I have tried it, it seems to load and work, but not better than the previous version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-11 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Seth and Christopher! The big news is that wifi became "usable" after I did the update - thanks a lot!!! - but it still doesn't seem to work like it should - see below. I also tried the router settings - see below. Prior to the update I could barely connect to the router, and download very sma

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-10 Thread Seth Forshee
Zoltan: Have you updated in the last week and tested to see how things work? We've released some driver and firmware updates recently that have included a number of bug fixes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bug

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-10 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Zoltan Palagyi, just to clarify, is this a revision A or B router? As well, could you please advise on which wireless type are you using (802.11n, 802.11g)? If you are using 802.11n, if you restrict your router to 802.11g only, reduce the beacon interval to 50, and ensure the router TX power is 1

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-10 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
OK, thanks! I guess we are waiting for Intel to help us out. The router I'm using now is D-Link DWR-921with firmware V1.00(PL), but I have had the same issue with many other (public) routers. I'm sorry, I know this is not the place to ask, but - as a temporary solution - could you suggest a nano

Re: [Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-09 Thread Seth Forshee
On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 10:06:54PM -, Zoltan Palagyi wrote: > Hi! I don't have any wifi in the live environment! LAN works. I'm pretty sure that hardware wasn't supported in the original 12.04 kernel, so that's not really surprising. -- You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-09 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Zoltan Palagyi, could you please advise on the router manufacturer, specific model, and current firmware version? ** Tags added: precise ** Tags removed: regression-potential -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-08 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi! I don't have any wifi in the live environment! LAN works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 Title: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping To manage notifi

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-05 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Zoltan Palagyi, as it appears you did a new install of 14.04 versus an upgrade, it would be most helpful to test to this in a live environment of 12.04.0 (with kernel 3.2.x) via http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/12.04.0/ . That will test a number of things at once: + Prior linux-firmware v

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-05 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Christopher! That's a good point! I bought this machine (new) last April. It came with Ubuntu (probably 12.04 ... see this link http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201307-14038/ ), but I asked the seller to replace the original hard drive with SSD, so the machine had no operating s

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-04 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Zoltan Palagyi, did this problem not occur in a release prior to Trusty? ** Tags removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.16-rc3 needs-upstream-testing ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.19-rc2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2015-01-04 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Christopher, I tested the above kernel - didn't change anything. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 Title: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping To manage

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-12-30 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Zoltan Palagyi, if you test the latest kernel 3.19-rc2 does this change anything? ** Tags removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-12-29 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 T

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-10-30 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Seth! I do have it installed, and unfortunately I still have the bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 Title: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping To ma

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-10-27 Thread Seth Forshee
Zoltan: Run 'uname -a'. If you're running the test kernel you should see iwlwifi201410162240 in the version string. If you don't see this string then you didn't get it installed properly. Installing both the linux- image*.deb and linux-image-extra*.deb files is the right thing to do though. -- Yo

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-10-24 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Seth! I still have the bug, but I'm not sure I did the installation right: I downloaded the ...image..., and the ...image-extra.. files from the link you sent in your previous comment, installed them as usual, but I still had one single entry in the grub menu for 3.13.0-38-generic. Is that OK?

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-10-23 Thread Seth Forshee
Zoltan: No, that patch hasn't been merged yet. Here's a more up-to-date build you can try which includes that patch though. http://people.canonical.com/~sforshee/iwlwifi/trusty/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-10-23 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Seth! Thanks. In the meantime I got an update - I have 3.13.0-38-generic now, and the bug is still there. Is the patch included in this kernel, or should I still give your version a try? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-10-01 Thread Seth Forshee
Zoltan: I got another patch from Intel for 7260 wireless issues. Please give this build a try and see if it helps. Thanks! http://people.canonical.com/~sforshee/iwl-ltr/trusty/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://b

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-08-27 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Seth! Sorry for the delay. None of the above kernels work better! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 Title: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping To manage

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-08-08 Thread Seth Forshee
This looks similar to other issues we're seeing with this card, where the firmware reports beacon loss which ultimately leads to disconnection. Here's a couple of things to try while I dig deeper into the data. First, install the kernel from http://people.canonical.com/~sforshee/lp1349572/linux-3.

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-08-07 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Seth, I sent you the data link in email. Thanks, Zoltan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 Title: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping To manage notificat

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-08-01 Thread Seth Forshee
Zoltan: can you collect some more data for me? Please download http://people.canonical.com/~sforshee/wifi-debug, then open a terminal and make it file executable ("chmod u+x wifi-debug" in the directory where you downloaded the file). Run "sudo apt-get install iw trace-cmd tcpdump" to install some

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-31 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags added: needs-upstream-testing regression-potential ** Tags added: needs-wifi-debug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 Title: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi ke

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-30 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
I seem to have the right firmware version, dmesg output is: [ 2.415591] iwlwifi :08:00.0: loaded firmware version 22.24.8.0 op_mode iwlmvm. Unfortunately I still have the bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-30 Thread Seth Forshee
That kernel should have the fix. You should also check the firmware version by running "dmesg | grep 'iwlwifi.*firmware'". This should show version 22.24.8.0. You don't need to download any ucode files. To start I just need to know whether you still have issues with that kernel when using the firm

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-30 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Seth! How do I know I received your fixes? (I ran sudo apt-get update. uname -r output is: 3.13.0-32-generic.) Do you need other information? Please note, that prior to submitting my bug report, I tried to fix my bug following comment #51 ("Download the ucode file for the 3.13 kernel here:

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-29 Thread Seth Forshee
Zoltan: We recently incorporated some fixes into 14.04 to fix some disconnection issues seen with Intel 7260 wireless. Could you ensure that your system is fully up to date, reboot (making sure that you boot into the official trusty 3.13 kernel and not any newer kernel which you installed for testi

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-11 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Christopher, generally I don't give up easily, but now I have to. I'm not an expert. I already spent many hours on this "project", and it would take me days to go through all the steps you metioned above. That's just unreasonable. Thanks for your help anyway. -- You received this bug notificat

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-04 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Zoltan Palagyi, could you please provide the missing information from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LinuxWireless ? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-03 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Tested upstream kernel ... the bug is still there. ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists- upstream-3.16-rc3 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-02 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Zoltan Palagyi, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from the very top line at the top of the page (not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstr

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-02 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags removed: bios-outdated-a09 ** Tags added: latest-bios-a09 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335475 Title: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping To manage no

[Bug 1335475] Re: 8086:08b1 (rev 73) [Dell Vostro 5470] WiFi keeps dropping

2014-07-02 Thread Zoltan Palagyi
Hi Christopher, thanks for your help. I updated the BIOS, and the bug remained the same. The output of sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date is now: A09 05/05/2014 Zoltan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s