Bug 133284 - madwifi as in Kernel 2.6.14.1 does not work anymore
Summary: madwifi as in Kernel 2.6.14.1 does not work anymore
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
: 133769 (view as bug list)
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Network (show other bugs)
Version: Alpha 1
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Critical (vote)
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Assignee: Joachim Gleissner
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Reported: 2005-11-10 16:46 UTC by Andreas Jaeger
Modified: 2007-06-05 10:04 UTC (History)
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Description Andreas Jaeger 2005-11-10 16:46:12 UTC 
On my 10.1 Alpha1 system, I installed todays kotd (Kernel 2.6.14.1) and wlan does not work anymore:

ifup ath0
    ath0      device: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
    ath0      configuration: wlan-id-00:05:4e:4e:55:50
    ath0      starting wpa_supplicant
ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Invalid argument
Could not configure driver to use managed mode
ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: Invalid argument
ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Invalid argument
ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Invalid argument
Failed to initialize driver interface
scripts/ifup-wireless: line 598:  7768 Segmentation fault      wpa_supplicant -iath0 -c/var/run/wpa_supplicant-ath0.conf -Dmadwifi -P/var/run/wpa_supplicant/ath0.pid -B
Starting DHCP Client Daemon on ath0... . . . . . no IP address yet... backgrounding.
Comment 1 Joachim Gleissner 2005-11-15 10:45:45 UTC 
The new madwifi driver (aka madwifi-ng) differs from other WLAN drivers. It basically works but needs further integration work.
Comment 2 Joachim Gleissner 2005-11-15 10:51:07 UTC 
*** Bug 133769 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Joachim Gleissner 2005-11-17 12:07:23 UTC 
Fixed package submitted. Should work with Alpha4.
Comment 4 Dirk Mueller 2005-11-18 16:06:42 UTC 
does it need any other update besides wireless-tools? upgrading to wireless-tools from Nov 18 doesn't fix it for me..
Comment 5 Dirk Mueller 2005-11-25 18:14:00 UTC 
still does not work for me.
Comment 6 Dirk Mueller 2005-11-25 18:15:20 UTC 
the problem is that iwconfig wifi0 claims that there are no wireless extensions and consequently I cannot configure essid, wep key or similiar.
Comment 7 Dirk Mueller 2005-11-26 01:28:24 UTC 
ok, things do work better with current stable.