| Summary: | iw doesn't name correctly newly created interfaces | ||
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| Product: | Mageia | Reporter: | Pavel Kreuzt <pkreuzt> |
| Component: | RPM Packages | Assignee: | Thomas Backlund <tmb> |
| Status: | RESOLVED OLD | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | Normal | CC: | tmb |
| Version: | 3 | Keywords: | Triaged |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Source RPM: | iw-3.8-2.mga3.src.rpm | CVE: | |
| Status comment: | |||
Should this be against Cauldron Pavel? It is set to Mga3. I don't hace Cauldron yet, I'm using Mga3 at the moment, and this bug is seen in it.
David Walser
2013-10-04 00:41:02 CEST
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tmb
Manuel Hiebel
2013-10-07 12:39:43 CEST
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Triaged Mageia 3 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status 4 months ago. http://blog.mageia.org/en/2014/11/26/lets-say-goodbye-to-mageia-3/ Mageia 3 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Mageia please feel free to click on "Version" change it against that version of Mageia and reopen this bug. Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed. -- The Mageia Bugsquad Status:
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RESOLVED |
Description of problem: I'm using iw to create a virtual interface based on my ath9k wireless interface. The newly created interface name is renameX even when I specify wlan2, for example, as name for it: [root@Laptop pkreuzt]# iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan2 type adhoc [root@Laptop pkreuzt]# iwconfig eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"XXXXX" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Bit Rate=13 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on Link Quality=30/70 Signal level=-80 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:366 Invalid misc:51 Missed beacon:0 rename11 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Ad-Hoc Cell: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off It also appears using phy like "iw phy phy0 interface add wlan2 type adhoc" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.8-2 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable wireless interface 2. Try to create a new interface with iw, for example with "iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan2 type adhoc" 3. See iwconfig output Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: