[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#514653: 'iw list' Loops Infinitely

[Leo L. Schwab]

Package: iw
Version: 0.9.9-1
Severity: normal

	The command 'iw list' appears to loop infintely on my machine.  It
will continuously print the info for phy0 until stopped by ^C.  This happens
whether the wireless kill switch is enabled or not.

	The machine is a Thinkpad Z61t.  The interface is an Intel 3945,
driven by the stock iwl3945 driver (not the updated one found at
linuxwireless.org).

	The info repeatedly printed by 'iw list' is as follows:

----
Wiphy phy0
	Band 1:
		Frequencies:
			* 2412 MHz [1]
			* 2417 MHz [2]
			* 2422 MHz [3]
			* 2427 MHz [4]
			* 2432 MHz [5]
			* 2437 MHz [6]
			* 2442 MHz [7]
			* 2447 MHz [8]
			* 2452 MHz [9]
			* 2457 MHz [10]
			* 2462 MHz [11]
		Bitrates:
			* 1.0 Mbps
			* 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
			* 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
			* 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
			* 6.0 Mbps
			* 9.0 Mbps
			* 12.0 Mbps
			* 18.0 Mbps
			* 24.0 Mbps
			* 36.0 Mbps
			* 48.0 Mbps
			* 54.0 Mbps
	Band 2:
		Frequencies:
			* 5180 MHz [36] (passive scanning, no IBSS)
			* 5200 MHz [40] (passive scanning, no IBSS)
			* 5220 MHz [44] (passive scanning, no IBSS)
			* 5240 MHz [48] (passive scanning, no IBSS)
			* 5260 MHz [52] (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
			* 5280 MHz [56] (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
			* 5300 MHz [60] (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
			* 5320 MHz [64] (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
			* 5745 MHz [149] (disabled)
			* 5765 MHz [153] (disabled)
			* 5785 MHz [157] (disabled)
			* 5805 MHz [161] (disabled)
			* 5825 MHz [165] (disabled)
		Bitrates:
			* 6.0 Mbps
			* 9.0 Mbps
			* 12.0 Mbps
			* 18.0 Mbps
			* 24.0 Mbps
			* 36.0 Mbps
			* 48.0 Mbps
			* 54.0 Mbps
----

	This same info is printed out over and over until killed by ^C.

	Please investigate this matter.

					Schwab

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages iw depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.7-12     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libnl1                        1.1-3      library for dealing with netlink s

iw recommends no packages.

iw suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information