[Bug 585802] New: wpa_supplicant needs nl80211 driver for country=DE (WIRELESS_REGULATORY_DOMAIN)
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585802 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585802#c0 Summary: wpa_supplicant needs nl80211 driver for country=DE (WIRELESS_REGULATORY_DOMAIN) Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Factory Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: mt@novell.com ReportedBy: mt@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de CC: radmanic@novell.com, coolo@novell.com, ro@novell.com, mzugec@novell.com, jmatejek@novell.com Depends on: 555850 Found By: --- Blocker: --- +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #537708 +++ Until openSUSE:11.2, we were using the "wext" wpa driver by default. For openSUSE:11.3 it would be required to switch as many drivers as possible to the new "nl80211" driver to not to restricts any devices to "world" (ie. most restrictive) regulatory domain. As already proposed in bug 537708 comment 6, it makes sense to use the new driver as default, except in cases where it does not work. The intention of this bug is to track these non-working cases. See also bug 535750 comment 7: "[...] If the wpa_supplicant is running with the -Dnl80211 then it does not authenticate. -Dwext works fine.[...]" See also bug 555850, crda -- Database signature verification failed. -- 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.
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--- Comment #4 from Marius Tomaschewski
btw: what about networkmanager, shouldn't that switch as well ?
IMO yes -- there is also a feature request for NM. I don't know the details. -- 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.
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Marius Tomaschewski
Maybe the attached patch for Networkmanager will do the trick?
No. This bug is about sysconfig, not really about NM. There is nobody, that could/would set any variable for NM. NM does not read any ifcfg files and this variable is not set by default. => NM has to decide itself how to deal with this issue. In sysconfig this variable is a workaround for cases, when the user wants to change the default (workaround for 11.2 for use nl80211). I'll apply a patch for 11.3 that sets the nl80211 by default and the user can override it with the old 'wext' using WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER, when nl80211 does not work for him and report a bug about... -- 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.
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Maybe the attached patch for Networkmanager will do the trick?
No. This bug is about sysconfig, not really about NM. There is nobody, that could/would set any variable for NM. NM does not read any ifcfg files and this variable is not set by default.
NM is started from /etc/inid.d/network script, which reads the file /etc/sysconfig/network/config One could check for the existence of WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER over there and export it before starting NM like this. [[ "x$WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER" != "x" ]] && export WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER $FAKE startproc $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN
=> NM has to decide itself how to deal with this issue.
NM has "wext" simply hardcoded, it makes no decision at all. -- 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.
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--- Comment #9 from Marius Tomaschewski
NM is started from /etc/inid.d/network script, which reads the file /etc/sysconfig/network/config
The network script starts it but it does not and will not export sysconfig settings to NM. NM is not using any sysconfig settings and we do not plan to change it - please do not mix NM and ifup.
=> NM has to decide itself how to deal with this issue.
NM has "wext" simply hardcoded, it makes no decision at all.
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--- Comment #10 from Kshitij Kulshreshtha
Then it has to be fixed and make the decision somehow. Please open a new bug report for NM and don't mix NM and ifup.
I have opened bug 591959. -- 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.
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Don't know if this my experience is this bug: Since Milestone6 factory I cannot start wireless through traditional ifup: Something like: "missing netlink module nl80211"
The message says that the wlan driver is not able to use the new nl80211 extension yet. You can use the old wext extension. Set WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER="wext" in /etc/sysconfig/network/config. What wlan driver and wlan adapter do you use ? Could you post hwinfo --wlan ? Does setting wext work for you ? -- 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.
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SRID 40602 wl driver from broadcom shall use wext
Thanks! Applied your patch from sr 40602 to git, then to Base:System/sysconfig. Goes to factory via sr #40636. (In reply to comment #14)
home:/computersalat:/KMP:/Update/openSUSE_Factory/ provides wl driver which works setting: WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER="wext" in /etc/sysconfig/network/config
Thanks Ralph! BTW: ifcfg-eth1 would be sufficient here. -- 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.
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