I agree that this fix should not included. The bug is in ipw2200, it works with nl80211 as I can connect just fine if I specify the network manually, but it does not advertise the wpa capabilities. Maybe the NM logic should be changed to use the interface that advertises better capabilities or include a configuration option to force use of wext, nl80211 or what ever there might be in future. But that discussion propably should go to nm-mailing lists.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971628 Title: Can't use WPA with ipw2200 Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: If some driver implements wext interface and nl80211 interface the latter is preferred. With the ipw2200 driver this implementation doesn't yield any encryption capabilites but the wext interface is never consulted. If the order of the function calls is reversed in wifi-utils.c the problem is solved for me and I dont have a regression with ath5k. --- a/src/wifi/wifi-utils.c 2012-03-01 06:26:37.000000000 +0100 +++ b/src/wifi/wifi-utils.c 2012-04-02 16:01:53.239030963 +0200 @@ -61,12 +61,14 @@ g_return_val_if_fail (iface != NULL, NULL); g_return_val_if_fail (ifindex > 0, NULL); - ret = wifi_nl80211_init (iface, ifindex); + ret = NULL; + + #if HAVE_WEXT + ret = wifi_wext_init (iface, ifindex, check_scan); + #endif if (ret == NULL) { -#if HAVE_WEXT - ret = wifi_wext_init (iface, ifindex, check_scan); -#endif - } + ret = wifi_nl80211_init (iface, ifindex); + } return ret; } To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/971628/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
