Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:47078 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750855AbZAWFkz (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:40:55 -0500 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, maximlevitsky@gmail.com, kalle.valo@iki.fi, samuel@sortiz.org, linville@tuxdriver.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:40:53 +0100 From: "Alina Friedrichsen" In-Reply-To: <3ace41890901222117q55040043lfcab89fc928422ed@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20090123054053.270710@gmx.net> (sfid-20090123_064059_430881_32EF9607) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4979269F.1060500@lwfinger.net> <3ace41890901222117q55040043lfcab89fc928422ed@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Regression caused by commit e32b1b9a33759e8a83ac566c4c43f23ed5d6343b To: Hin-Tak Leung , Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello! > I don't want to do a "me too", but my rtl8187B broke yesterday after > upgrading to wireless-testing/compat-wireless head, > and it worked again today. There are only two patches between > yesterday and today and one of them is John's revert, so it is > possible that the rtl8187B is also affected. >=20 > The symptom is as you said, I can associate and authenticate, but dhc= p > won't finish and wpa_suplicant ifdown the device. > I tried that a few times and restarting NM, modprobe -r/-v, etc. In > the end it was easier just to blow away the compat-wireless update > redirectory and revert back to the vendor-shipped kernel modules - an= d > hope that it is just a transient problem and the problem would go awa= y > when I git fetch next time :-). I unfortunately can't reproduce the problem with my b43 und my other ca= rds work fine, too. But I think the problem is that the NetworkManager = does the following: (And causes with it some low level drivers and wifi= cards into trouble.) [99554.112921] wlan0: Set SSID [99554.113853] wlan0: Set BSSID [99554.113861] wlan0: Set SSID [99554.115084] wlan0: Set BSSID [99554.115091] wlan0: Set SSID Have you test it manual with the NetworkManager disabled? Regards Alina --=20 Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger geh=F6rt? Der kann`s mit all= en: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html