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    rtw_8822be generating huge system log output

    Today I noticed on my work laptop that /var/log was filling rapidly, having reached over 30 GB. Investigation showed a group of four lines like these:
    Code:
    2023-06-02T16:53:33.023945+12:00 delilah kernel: [28223.479033] pcieport 0000:00:1d.2: AER: Multiple Corrected error received: 0000:05:00.0
    2023-06-02T16:53:33.023949+12:00 delilah kernel: [28223.479047] rtw_8822be 0000:05:00.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID)
    2023-06-02T16:53:33.023950+12:00 delilah kernel: [28223.479050] rtw_8822be 0000:05:00.0: device [10ec:b822] error status/mask=00000001/00006000
    2023-06-02T16:53:33.023951+12:00 delilah kernel: [28223.479053] rtw_8822be 0000:05:00.0: [ 0] RxErr (First)
    were being generated a few hundreds of times a second, into kern.log, syslog, and journald's logs. It had been happening since I release upgraded to 23.04. This occurs also on a fresh install of 23.04.

    I've stopped it by using [consol]pci=noaer[/console] on the linux command line via grub, but that's just telling Linux to ignore the errors. I've pruned /var/log back to 140 MB by clearing out the huge log files and sudo journalctl --vacuum-size=100M.

    It's a Lenovo E580. I suspect there's a driver problem with Linux, perhaps the 6.2 kernels. The wifi and bluetooth work fine. Using Google I've only found a few similar reports for different hardware over several years. I tried to find driver updates, but found little, and nothing not problematic.

    Any advice?
    Regards, John Little

    #2
    I did not find anything else than you already have found, I think…
    Did you also have this problem with the kernels in 22.10?

    You could give a newer kernel from the Mainline PPA a try and see if this changes anything regarding the rtw_8822be - 6.3.6 is currently available.
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      #3
      Originally posted by Schwarzer Kater View Post
      Did you also have this problem with the kernels in 22.10?
      No, the problem started with 23.04, and I guess it's the Linux 6 kernel. I'm speculating, but I expect the driver has always been crappy, and these errors have always been happening, and the reporting of them has been tightened.
      You could give a newer kernel from the Mainline PPA a try and see if this changes anything regarding the rtw_8822be - 6.3.6 is currently available.
      That's a good idea. But it's a WiFi adapter from some years ago, and unless lots of folks have problems no-one is going to work on it.

      Conceivably there's a hardware problem; the next time I have the laptop apart (I'm not supposed to do that...) I'll check whether it's removable, and reseat it if so.

      I really only posted for the catharsis of getting the problem and the workaround somewhere discoverable on the internet.
      Regards, John Little

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        #4
        Originally posted by jlittle View Post
        delilah kernel:
        What and where did you get this kernel?
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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          #5
          Originally posted by Snowhog View Post
          What and where did you get this kernel?
          Sampson


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            #6
            Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
            sampson


            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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              #7
              I was thinking the longtime nighttime radio DJ.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Snowhog View Post
                delilah kernel:

                What and where did you get this kernel?
                I've been giving computers biblical female names. I'm running out, might have to move on to, say, opera.
                Regards, John Little

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                  #9
                  How about Shakespeare?

                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_...speare's_works

                  Please Read Me

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