Bug 32422 - drakx-net needs to use iw instead of deprecated and malfunctioning iwlist
Summary: drakx-net needs to use iw instead of deprecated and malfunctioning iwlist
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: Mageia 10
Assignee: Mageia tools maintainers
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Keywords: 10beta1, FOR_ERRATA9
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Blocks: 17706
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Reported: 2023-10-22 13:05 CEST by Marja Van Waes
Modified: 2026-03-06 12:24 CET (History)
2 users (show)

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Source RPM: drakx-net-2.58-1.mga9
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Status comment:
marja11: affects_mga9+
marja11: in_errata10?

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Description Marja Van Waes 2023-10-22 13:05:16 CEST 
As stated in the summary, drakx-net needs to use iw instead of deprecated and malfunctioning iwlist. 

Here https://gitweb.mageia.org/software/drakx-net/tree/lib/network/connection/wireless.pm#n397 we can currently see that network::monitor is required.

And here network::monitor uses iwlist: 
https://gitweb.mageia.org/software/drakx-net/tree/lib/network/monitor.pm#n81

Note that the outputs of e.g.:

iwlist wlp5s0 scan 
and
iw dev wlp5s0 scan

are quite different.

For instance, the iw command doesn't show ESSIDS, like iwlist, but SSIDS.
Florian Hubold 2023-12-29 20:30:42 CET

CC: (none) => doktor5000

Comment 1 Morgan Leijström 2023-12-29 21:41:15 CET 
This comes up now and then.
I suggest this to be entered into errata.

Common suggestion is to follow
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Switching_to_networkmanager.

CC: (none) => fri
Keywords: (none) => FOR_ERRATA9

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2026-03-06 12:23:14 CET 
Still valid Mageia 10 beta 1, round 2

Flags: (none) => affects_mga9+

Marja Van Waes 2026-03-06 12:24:21 CET

Keywords: (none) => 10beta1
Flags: (none) => in_errata10?
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