Return-path: Received: from mail-qa0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:38234 "EHLO mail-qa0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756861Ab2DYKoJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:44:09 -0400 Received: by qatm19 with SMTP id m19so3400041qat.19 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:44:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <2F08FF0B-5C29-4827-AA5F-B0F3847D0B83@gmail.com> <8FBCAE90-FAE9-430D-888E-F055091E6683@gmail.com> <9D52D4AD-58DC-4896-97FC-7248E1FD2614@gmail.com> <8EE08C44-8618-45EC-B890-B5B12B661FB6@gmail.com> <37926591-261D-4C3E-A1D9-4A8AB3364F5D@gmail.com> <4F901224.1040508@sipsolutions.net> <4F901F16.6080007@sipsolutions.net> <04B86DB4-284B-4FA0-916F-75BF75863A5E@gmail.com> <4F96939B.5030204@erley.org> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:44:07 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20120425_124414_005578_FF320809) Subject: Re: wlan0 not present From: Sedat Dilek To: Emmanuel Grumbach Cc: Dominik Feser , Pat Erley , Johannes Berg , Arend van Spriel , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Wey-Yi Guy , "Luis R. Rodriguez" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Sedat Dilek wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 09:23, Sedat Dilek wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote: >>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 15:45, Sedat Dilek wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Dominik Feser >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> What does that mean? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Pickup the patch from [2], apply it against a recent compat-wireless >>>>> version, build and test. >>>>> Report here again. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Pretty sure it won't help. True, we were trying to request the wrong >>>> fw, but then we requested (and got) the good one, so that the only >>>> effect was that load time was longer that it could be. But here, we >>>> can't even get anything working. And the prints don't made it to >>>> kernel log properly >>>> >>> >>> Originally I answered Pat as he asked what's the status with the patch >>> concerning the firmware-issue. >>> So, my post was about applying this one (so I understood the open question). >>> I didn't care about the original concern of the reporter. >>> BTW, the mentioned patch is now in wireless.git (master-2012-04-24-2). >> >> fair enough :-) >> >>> >>> Currently, I have an issue myself on iwlwifi (6230) with Ubuntu >>> precise, but it looks like a bug in network-manager with 3.4-rc4+ (see >>> [1]). >>> >>> - Sedat - >>> >>> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785772 >>> >> >> Thanks for that pointer. > > My first bug-report to Ubuntu BTS. > > Don't want to tell you how much effort this was, not the bug-report itself. > It started with... > > $ sudo ubuntu-bug $(pidof NetworkManager) > > ...on Debian I was used to file with report-bug. > > That was not enough, I had to register a LaunchPad-account and got a > strange "DisplayName" and "OpenIdName". > After some struggling I got both changed. > There are really easier ways... > > - Sedat - > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988183 Just FYI: I found the NM upstream commit which fixes Ubuntu's NetworkManager version in precise release (debdiff attached to my BR). The issue reminds me of many drakes (male) court a single duck's (female) favour in the pairing season, sort of a witch-hunt, not gentleman-alike. - Sedat -