[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Tested to work with dhclient in edgy-proposed. Does not cause regressions in wlassistant functionality from Edgy. Ready to go into -updates after the seven day waiting period. -- wireless assistant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Steve, As we discussed on IRC, it looks like that usleep() is actually superfluous. dhclient goes into the background only after it's done the right thing. Please update the status of this bug report to Fix Committed when the appropriate package lands in -proposed. You may opt to keep that usleep() in there, for the purposes of efficiency. Simon -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
** Changed in: wlassistant (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress = Fix Committed -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Simon, I'm opting to keep the usleep() for the moment, just to save the hassle of preparing another upload. I have set the bug report to Fix Commited, as 0.5.5-0ubuntu3.1 has landed in edgy-proposed. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Steve, I'm a little concerned about that usleep() in the patch, as there could be a race in there. A slow machine could fail. Is there some better way you could ensure that dhclient has done the Right Thing? Like wait for it to exit properly? -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Simon, Unfortunately, you can't check if dhclient has done the Right Thing, since it daemonizes, and stays put in the background. The value of 150ms was picked since there was a call to usleep in the code that specified it, and I shifted it to be called just after dhclient. I see your point, perhaps a loop that checks if an IP has been assigned, sleeping for 100ms, and dropping out and screaming after 5 seconds? -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Accepted into edgy-proposed. Steve, please notify the QA team via Simon Law to verify that this bug has been fixed and that there are no regressions. Please also upload a similar fix with a newer version number to Feisty. At some point, I would prefer that the messy textual check for dhclient's pid file confusion be replaced with something better; grepping stderr for particular error messages is just nasty. I'd suggest filing a bug about this. ** Changed in: wlassistant (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = In Progress ** Tags added: verification-needed -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
I was planning on fixing this issue by changing the patch to dhclient to not complain about stale PID files. However, after I did that, it became apparent that wlassistant had further problems, and I made the decision that it would be easier to make wlassistant just cope with dhclient complaining, at least in the short term. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
wlassistant 0.5.5-0ubuntu4 has been uploaded to Feisty, and has built on all arches. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
So for us newbie users, what does this mean? Is there a patch uploaded? How do I fix the wireless problem? Thanks. EB -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
In the Adept Package Manager, navigate to 'Manage Repositories' and add 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-proposed main restricted' and then update your sources. That should show updates to among other things, wlassistant. If you could please comment here on whether or not it solves the problem, that would be great. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Added the repository and updated wlassistant. * Booting the system with dhcp and a network defined lasts long and does not connect (static works) * Deactivating the module and reinserting does not connect * Using wlassistant not works perfectly In my opinion the patch is ok but there is another dhcp problem. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Disconnected active connection. Reconnected repeatedly and successfully to access point with MANUAL SETTINGS. Attempts to reconnect to a different access point (set to automatic) repeatedly failed. Manual works, automatic (DHCP) most likely not. Furthermore: Upon manual reconnection the wireless connection was establlished but attempts to open several websites failed. Server could not be found. I noticed this before: Whenever I disconnect a connection that was established at boot up and then reconnect successfully 'server not found' is an error with the browser and Thunderbird e-mail. It appears that the DNS is not found or activated. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Thanks for sorting out the patch, but I think this says that there are problems with the Kubuntu QA process. Personally I would consider this bug a release blocker. In the modern world, internet connectivity is probably the most important function of a laptop. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Patch looks excellent, testing among Kubuntu developers is successful, subscribing ubuntu-sru to review. (Patch and description in comment from Steve Kowalik at 2006-11-13 12:16:40GMT.) -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Finally some very good news indeed. Now a question from a non-programmer and Linux -Wannabe: How does one apply this patch to an existing 6.10 installation? I know the very basics of Unix/Linux but my 'Unix for Dummies' says nothing about applying a patch and debdiffs! -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
I have also worked on this, and have a patch that somewhat encompasses Ryan's changes, but also makes wlassistant work for me. There is in fact more than one problem, and I'm sure that the second and third problems would have come up during testing. The problems: 1. wlassistant fires off dhclient, which complains about a zero length PID file on stderr. wlassistant takes any output on stderr as being a problem, and so kills dhclient. 2. wlassistant then parses dhclient's leases file, which could contain any number of leases, picks the first default gateway and tries to ping it. And gets upset if it fails. 3. Even commenting out that block, it then runs route, and looks for 'default' followed by an IP address, which is only the case if your default gateway doesn't reverse resolve. Due to these three problems, I think this bug should be solved in Edgy, given it has the potential to affect every Kubuntu Edgy user that runs wlassistant. Attached is a debdiff which solves all three of these problems. I have tested this (over and over, sigh) and it works for me. ** Attachment added: wlassistant debdiff http://librarian.launchpad.net/5063169/wlassistant-sru.debdiff -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Let me ask a naive question that sounds pushy but is not intended as such. This bug is listed as 'High' in importance and was first reported 10/9/06, over a month ago. However, I see that no one has been assigned to fix the bug. Is that typical or normal under these circumstances? Is there work going on behind the scenes I know nothing about? I, for one, would really like to get this fixed so I can use my wired connection for its intended machine. Also, I'm going to need wireless to use the machine in the office - right now it's stuck at home. EB -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Changes from Medium to High has been made a few days/weeks ago... ;-) My ugly workaround was to use wpa_supplicant for network I know (home, professional, etc) so that I do not need wlanassistant except when I'm out of home/office ;-) -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
This bothers me too, so I sat down this morning and made an ugly hack that causes wlassistant to ignore the message about pid files. Anyway, afterwards I was able to connect to networks. I'm not really sure how to make patches, so if I did it wrong, oops. ** Attachment added: patch to src/wlassistant.cpp http://librarian.launchpad.net/5039033/wlassistant.cpp.patch -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
After upgrading to Edgy I've started experiencing unusually long boot times. I suspect that is is caused by the failure of the network initialization. Is it possible to just ignore that init step and still be able to connect throught iwconfig dhclient? If so, how can I do that? -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
None of the 'fixes' and workarounds work reliably, including mine. On booting the connection is established and works for a while but then decides to quit. Once that happens, I can restore it sometimes using one or the other of the suggested solution. Simply re-booting appears to be the best of them all. By the way, I had similar problems with another OS and kppp. In that case, a .pid file was left behind upon closing or losing the connection. No new connection could be made without first erasing this .pid file. Seems to apply to this situation also. I managed to connect after erasing all .pid files related to wireless. Hope this gets fixed soon. It is mighty inconvenient. It also makes me think about going to another OS without this problem.. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
** Changed in: wlassistant (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = High -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Jozo in #ubuntu-devel pointed out this in Debian, which could be related: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375551 wlassistant: Wrong call to dhclient -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
From #ubuntu-devel: StevenK I know what is going on. [06:16] StevenK wlassistant fires off dhclient, which complains about a zero length PID file on stderr. wlassistant takes any output on stderr as being a problem, and so kills dhclient. [06:17] StevenK The bug can be worked around in wlassistant, however. [06:17] StevenK Which requires learning QT file handling functions. [06:18] StevenK And coding C++. [06:18] StevenK Neither really appeals. [06:18] Hobbsee StevenK: or fix dhclient? nah... [06:19] StevenK Maybe. [06:19] StevenK dhclient sucks a lot, though. [06:19] Hobbsee am i being slow tonight, or do you just have to check if the output on the stderr is about the zero length PID, or nothing else fail? [06:20] StevenK Hobbsee: The point is dhclient should remove it's PID file on exit. * StevenK will look at a fix in about 5 -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Further to the comment of M. Torres and pursuant to my remarks: I should have kept my mouth shut. Everything worked fine until I posted my last confirmation of the workaround. Trouble started thereafter. I still get connected over 95% of the time on booting up. However, if I work too many connections to web sites in quick succession, the wireless connection brakes down. It is difficult, if not impossible, to reconnect using the wireless assistant. I succeeded by eliminating/erasing the file(s) dhclient.pid followed by a command line sudo dhclient ath0. Works sometimes. I also found that rebootingfrequently restarts the wireless connection. In any case, it takes some time for the wireless connection to be (re)established - just as Miguel Torres remarked. This bug should receive a priority set high. It is a niusance and makes Kubuntu 6.10 hard to use. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Confirmed here. I must add that it eventually works : Just fire up WLAssistant and connect. It will say connection error. Just let it be. After a while you'll be connected. Weird. I'm also concerned that this bug doesn't have a priority assigned yet. It is a MAJOR bug for laptop people! -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
I can now confirm that my workaround posted on 11/01/06 does indeed work for my installation of Kubuntu 6.10. I have been using the modified 'interfaces' file since then and performed a great number of cold boots as well as regular boot sequences. The computer boots with the wireless connection already working. I do not need to go to the Wireless Lan Assistant. In fact, I avoid touching it at all cost because I noticed that my system slows down to a crawl whenever I get the Wlan Assistant involved. My modified 'interfaces' file looks like this: auto lo iface lo inet loopback address 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp auto eth2 iface eth2 inet dhcp auto ath0 iface ath0 inet dhcp auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp #auto lo #iface lo inet loopback #auto eth0 #iface eth0 inet dhcp #auto eth1 #iface eth1 inet dhcp #auto eth2 #iface eth2 inet dhcp #auto ath0 #iface ath0 inet dhcp #wireless-essid #auto wlan0 #iface wlan0 inet dhcp #wireless-essid The section with the entries commented out is the 'original' Kubuntu 6.10 text while the active part of the file is a direct copy of my Kubuntu 6.06 'interfaces' file. This may not work for everyone but it certainly solved my problem. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Confirmed here. sudo ifup eth1 works perfectly, with the appropriate iwconfig setup for my network. Disappointing, since this worked perfectly last week with Dapper... -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Kubuntu 6.10 has wireless work flawlessly after initial installation. It gets lost after several boot sequences. The workarounds suggested above did not work in my case. I have Kubuntu 6.06 installed on the same computer. I therefore copied the contents of /etc/networks/interfaces from Kubuntu 6.06 into file /etc/networks/interfaces of my 6.10 installation. As of now it works. Wireless is running again in Kubuntu 6.10. For how long I do not know yet. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
I think I may have found the cause of the wlassistant not working in Edgy. I have noticed the same problem as well, but I didn't use wlassistant to configure my connection. I just edited the /etc/network/interfaces file so the wifi part reads: auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wireless-essid -- wireless-key -- This worked just fine in Dapper, however when I booted in Edgy, although my wifi device was detected, it did not connect to the network. However, when I reboot and use the Dapper kernel, wifi works just fine. This would suggest the problems with the kernel and not with wlassistant. Hope this helps in resolving this bug! -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Strange as my bug (65153 - bundle with knot3) was set as Medium for importance... I'm a little upset/disappointed with edgy flavour as it looks it's not as reliable as dapper... :-/ -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
*sigh* Now Edgy has been released with this bug. It wasn't a bug a month ago around Knot3 or so. Could we at least get an importance assigned to this? (In Debian we can do that ourselves...) -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
** Bug 65153 has been marked a duplicate of this bug -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
Ditto. However, when I first upgraded from Dapper to Edgy a few weeks ago, this problem did not occur. Attached is the console output that shows that while wlassistant fails to run dhclient properly, running dhclient manually works fine. -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
...oops...forgot to check that little box, even though the file got uploaded... ** Attachment added: console output http://librarian.launchpad.net/4808783/console%20log -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
The dupe was confirmed, so this should be too. I can confirm it personally, anyway. :) ** Changed in: wlassistant (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed = Confirmed -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 64841] Re: wireless assisant does not connect in edgy
In my case, I just need to do sudo dhclient eth3, See https://launchpad.net/bugs/65153 -- wireless assisant does not connect in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64841 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
