[Madwifi-users] ath 5007eg on amd64

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My system

Linux Lion64 2.6.24-21-generic #1 SMP Mon Aug 25 16:57:51 
UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu

Using the madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 for amd 64 bit.

It worked perfectly for months.
Now the neetwork software link just goes away.
It comes back when rebooted.
It comes back after hibernation.
When the net goes away the signal strength is still 89% but 
there is no 
wireless
connection.
Here is the log...

Oct 15 13:20:41 Lion64 NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth1. 
Oct 15 13:20:41 Lion64 NetworkManager: <info>  eth1: Device is 
fully-supported
using driver 'forcedeth'.  
Oct 15 13:20:41 Lion64 NetworkManager: <info>  nm_device_init(): waiting for
device's worker thread to start 
Oct 15 13:20:41 Lion64 NetworkManager: <info>  nm_device_init(): device's
 worker
thread started, continuing. 
Oct 15 13:20:41 Lion64 NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wired Ethernet
(802.3) device 'eth1'. 
Oct 15 13:20:41 Lion64 NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth1. 
Oct 15 13:20:42 Lion64 ntpdate[10168]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset
-0.021887 sec
Oct 15 13:20:43 Lion64 ntpdate[10190]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset
-0.021367 sec
Oct 15 13:23:27 Lion64 avahi-daemon[5153]: Withdrawing address record for
192.168.15.8 on wlan0.
Oct 15 13:23:27 Lion64 avahi-daemon[5153]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on
interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.15.8.
Oct 15 13:23:27 Lion64 avahi-daemon[5153]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer
relevant for mDNS.
Oct 15 13:23:27 Lion64 avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[10404]: Found user 'avahi-autoipd'
(UID 105) and group 'avahi-autoipd' (GID 113).
Oct 15 13:23:27 Lion64 avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[10404]: Successfully called chroot().
Oct 15 13:23:27 Lion64 avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[10404]: Successfully dropped root
privileges.
Oct 15 13:23:27 Lion64 avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[10404]: Starting with address
169.254.1.219
Oct 15 13:23:33 Lion64 avahi-autoipd(wlan0)[10404]: Callout BIND, address
169.254.1.219 on interface wlan0

This is ifconfig when wireless is working

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:24:f8:7e:40  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:252 Base address:0x8000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:442 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:442 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:25058 (24.4 KB)  TX bytes:25058 (24.4 KB)

wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
00-1E-4C-A2-7C-F1-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:897 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:60
          TX packets:366 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:280 
          RX bytes:306661 (299.4 KB)  TX bytes:74041 (72.3 KB)
          Interrupt:19 

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:4c:a2:7c:f1  
          inet addr:192.168.15.4  Bcast:192.168.15.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21e:4cff:fea2:7cf1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:476 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:459650 (448.8 KB)  TX bytes:65257 (63.7 KB)

I've been poking around and found a comment that suggests 
blacklisting ath_pci.
 That is now blacklisted.

hughc@Lion64:~$ lsmod | grep ath

ath_rate_sample        17152  1 

ath_pci               250176  0 

wlan                  254112  4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci

ath_hal               333200  3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci

This is ifconfig when  wireless fails

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:24:f8:7e:40  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:252 Base address:0x6000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:396 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:396 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:19800 (19.3 KB)  TX bytes:19800 (19.3 KB)

wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
00-1E-4C-A2-7C-F1-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:12929 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:973
          TX packets:5823 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:280 
          RX bytes:5758138 (5.4 MB)  TX bytes:1211842 (1.1 MB)
          Interrupt:19 

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:4c:a2:7c:f1  
          inet6 addr: fe80::21e:4cff:fea2:7cf1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:10970 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5546 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:9903832 (9.4 MB)  TX bytes:1076952 (1.0 MB)

wlan0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:4c:a2:7c:f1  
          inet addr:169.254.1.219  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1