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From: Ali Bahar <ali@internetdog.org>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Re: r8712u driver for the rtl8192su chip.
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 05:08:04PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 06/21/2011 07:49 AM, Ali Bahar wrote:

> >this is more of a quick FYI, regarding Staging's r8712u driver.

> >root@hashbang Tue Jun 21 18:30:06 ~$ iwconfig wlan2 essid "h55m"
> >Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
> >     SET failed on device wlan2 ; Operation not permitted.
> >root@hashbang Tue Jun 21 18:30:47 ~$ uname -r

> is implemented. Your command failed because you ran the command as
> an unprivileged user. Notice the differences in the error messages.

How is root unprivileged? The shell-prompt shows the user.

Right after the failure, I ran the exact same steps, in the same
shell, on a different card of the same box. It worked, as it always
has.

thanks,
ali