[ltp] WLAN disconnecting (ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:02.0 disabled)

[Csillag Tamás]

On 11/29, Jens Mayer wrote:
> Dear readers,
> 
> I encounter a strange but nonetheless annoying problem. My WLAN adapter (lspci 
> shows: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)) 
> disconnects itself after a certain amount of time - the dmesg-log states the 
> following:
> 	
> 	ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:02.0 disabled
> 	ath_pci: driver unloaded
> 
> This happens mostly after some time of inactivity, when I use the Thinkpad 
> again after having it idling for a few hours, but it doesnt seem to be really 
> related to that.
> 
> It's an T41p, kernel is 2.6.14 (happened with other kernels, too), using 
> madwifi 0.1_pre20050420-r1 and wpa_supplicant 0.4.5 on Gentoo GNU/Linux.
> 
> Any hints on that?

Maybe something removes your kernel modules?
It can be some cronjob ?

Just my thoughts.

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