pci_set_device_state error

[Dazed_75]

Super, Thanks!  So interpreting that finding, it would appear that:

   - that message relates to setting the wireless card to a power saving
   mode
   - it is being done far too often (> 1/sec), it is being done wrong (so it
   fails), or it is failing because a new request happens before it succeeds,
   or ...
   - one fix is a command to turn off power saving with 'iwconfig wlan0
   power off' but it is not stated whether that needs to be re-done with each
   boot or is a permanent change
   - another fix is to install the unspecified "most recent" kernel where it
   has already been "fixed"


On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Kevin Brown <kevin_brown at qwest.net> wrote:

> http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6077&view=previous
>
>
>  on one machine I am seeing frequent (>1/sec) messages in syslog,
>> messages and maybe other logs too.  The device referred to is a Linksys
>> PCI wireless card and a typical message is:
>>
>> <timestamp> kernel: [nnnn.nnnnnn] phy0 -> rt2500 pci_set_device_state:
>> Error - Device failed to enter state 1 (-16).
>>
>> The device seems to still be mostly working (just did system updates
>> wirelessly and am streaming music ATM).  I can't find any info on that
>> interface.  I have two questions:
>>
>> 1) What is the state 1 it is being told to enter since it does not seem
>> to be necessary?
>> 2) How does one interpret the [nnnn.nnnnnn] found in so many logs?  I
>> always assumed it was seconds and microseconds since some event, but ...
>>
>> I will probably replace this card since I have a spare so don't anyone
>> spend a lot of time on this.
>>
>> --
>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry
>>
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