#301: D-Link AWG-530 on Ubuntu Breezy
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Reporter: anonymous | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by anonymous):
On your first point:
I switched out of the Gnome x11 GUI, logged in to the first console and
did:
~$ ifdown ath0
got the same message as above, i.e.
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.ath0.pid ..........
the did:
~$ wlanconfig ath0 destroy
Followed by:
~$ wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode monitor
I got on the last screen (a few screens went zipping by - could not
capture and nothing appeared in the System Log files):
{{{
Call trace:
ath_vap_create+0x34b/0x455 [ath_pci]
ieee80211_media_change+0x0/0x8d [wlan]
ieee80211_media_status=0x0/0xab [wlan]
ieee80211_ioctl_create_vap=0=d3/0x10a [wlan]
ath_ioctl+0x0e0/0xfa [ath_pci]
dev_ifsioc+0x40d/0x419
dev_ioctl+0x317/0x3a5
do_ioctl+0x26/0x4e
vfs_ioctl+0x172/0x17f
sys_ioctl+0x46/0x60
sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75
code: 20 56 e8 4a fa ...........
kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
}}}
On your second point: if I follow your suggestion, it works !
Now I did a few more experiments. If I comment out the pre-up in
/etc/network/interfaces , reboot, then create a STA VAP, it works as
expected. Now if I do ifdown ath0 and wlanconfig ath0 destroy to destroy
the STA VAP, followed by:
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
to recreate a STA VAP, I get kernel panic. So the problem is not specific
to monitor mode but to creating a VAP after destroying one. This is
beginning to look more and more like Ticket 269 reported by someone else
for the same wireless card.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/301>
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