Bug#364458: madwifi-source: Error on 'ifdown' and 'iwconfig mode auto'

[Celejar]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:39:46 +1000
Kel Modderman <kelrin at tpg.com.au> wrote:


> Are you using madwifi-ng from upstream trunk? Or the version provided by 
> the debian package?
> 
> Kel.

Hi,

Thanks for the responses. I'm using the Debian package (as stated in the original bug report) which uses the old codebase.

Matt Brown's comment that

> The message is caused by /etc/network/if-post-down.d/wireless-tools
> attempting to run iwconfig "$IFACE" mode auto which of course fails on
> madwifi as it does not allow interface mode changes.
> 
> The best solution imo would be to fix madwifi so that it did allow mode
> changes, but I can't see that happening anytime soon as I understand it
> would involve rewriting half the driver.

is not correct for the old codebase; issuing 'mode master' followed by 'mode managed', for example, works fine. His point may be true for the new codebase, though; I think I remember seeing something to that effect on madwifi.org.

I'll make a suggestion for the docs within a day or so.

Thanks,
Celejar
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