http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559020 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559020#c0 Summary: iwconfig output is corrupted Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: jnelson-suse@jamponi.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091103 SUSE/3.5.5-1.1.2 Firefox/3.5.5 iwconfig is called in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/netcontrol_services On a disassociated interface, iwconfig outputs garbage for the ESSID. This can very easily be seen. On a machine with wireless networking, disable wireless. iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"\xC9*\xD9\x15\x01C/\xEE\x15\x02\x87a|\x13b\x9Ei\xFCr\x81\xCDqe\xA6>\xABI\xCFqK\xCE:" ... This data is also used in shell commands. Did not happen with openSUSE 10.X, 11.0, or 11.1 .. Nov 28 15:10:43 worklaptop netcontrol_services: calling 'ifdown-services wlan0-n(�L�j��әLy� Nov 28 15:10:43 worklaptop ifdown-services: wlan0-n(�L�j��әLy� Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.