https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388225 Summary: sysconfig 0.70.2-4.2 broke WIRELESS_MODE="Master" Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: jnelson-suse@jamponi.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- After the latest sysconfig update (which also messed up my firewall settings), I was unable to bring up my PCI wireless card in AP mode. I eventually tracked it to a bug in /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifup-wireless Specifically, If the WIRELESS_MODE is Master, the following lines (in /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifup-wireless) are inappropriate: # set AP address at last, mac80211 based drivers may need this as # signal to start scanning for an appropriate cell test -z "$WIRELESS_AP" && WIRELESS_AP="any" # it is required to set up the interface before doing that ip link set up dev $INTERFACE 2>/dev/null run_iw_tool config ap "$WIRELESS_AP" and generate an error, preventing the interface from coming up fully: Error for wireless request "Set AP Address" (8B14) : SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument. as the error happens before the address is set, the address is left in a half-configured state! I change that section of code to read: # set AP address at last, mac80211 based drivers may need this as # signal to start scanning for an appropriate cell if [ "$WIRELESS_MODE" != "Master" ]; then test -z "$WIRELESS_AP" && WIRELESS_AP="any" # it is required to set up the interface before doing that ip link set up dev $INTERFACE 2>/dev/null run_iw_tool config ap "$WIRELESS_AP" fi Please also check to make sure that openSUSE 11.0 is not affected! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.