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Bug 345143 - net-misc/networkmanager depends on wireless-tools needs IUSE="iw -wireless-tools" flag
Summary: net-misc/networkmanager depends on wireless-tools needs IUSE="iw -wireless-to...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Nirbheek Chauhan (RETIRED)
URL: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/D...
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Depends on: 401277
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Reported: 2010-11-11 20:49 UTC by David J Cozatt
Modified: 2012-11-23 04:26 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description David J Cozatt 2010-11-11 20:49:50 UTC
I have a working gentoo install on iw wireless-regdb crda for some time now using the
p54pci wireless adapter. The networkmanager has as a dependency wireless-tools and not
the newer iw, wireless-regdb, crda 

When I try to use the networkmanager or gnome applet either one my connection becomes unusably 
unstable. Likely due to calling these tools instead of the newer ones. Which by the way I am unable to 
make my hardware connect with. In other words I was unable to get a connection on my hardware with wireless-tools (around kernel 2.6.29 iirc)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
.you will need to be using my hardware to re-produce I guess

It is an SMC 2802W using the driver p54pci

Nov  5 17:56:20 random klogd: phy0: p54 detected a LM86 firmware
Nov  5 17:56:20 random klogd: phy0: FW rev 2.13.12.0 - Softmac protocol 5.9
Nov  5 17:56:20 random klogd: phy0: cryptographic accelerator WEP:YES, TKIP:YES, CCMP:YES
Nov  5 17:56:20 random klogd: phy0: hwaddr xx:xx:xx:xx, MAC:isl3890 RF:Duette3
Nov  5 17:56:20 random klogd: device: 'phy0': device_add
Nov  5 17:56:20 random klogd: PM: Adding info for No Bus:phy0
Nov  5 17:56:20 random klogd: phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
Nov  5 17:56:20 random klogd: p54pci 0000:00:0a.0: is registered as 'phy0'
Nov  6 22:04:36 random klogd: ieee80211 phy0: legacy class suspend
Nov  6 22:04:37 random klogd: ieee80211 phy0: legacy class resume





andom david # emerge --info 
Portage 2.1.9.24 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.4.5, glibc-2.12.1-r3, 2.6.36-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.36-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_Processor_3200+-with-gentoo-2.0.1
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:45:02 +0000
app-shells/bash:     4.1_p9
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r2
dev-lang/python:     2.6.6-r1, 3.1.2-r4
dev-util/cmake:      2.8.1-r2
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc:     0.6.3
sys-apps/sandbox:    2.3-r1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.68
sys-devel/automake:  1.10.3, 1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.20.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc:       4.4.5
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.4
sys-devel/make:      3.82
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.35 (sys-kernel/linux-headers)
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /etc/portage/"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages multilib-strict news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://mirrors.163.com/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.bih.net.ba/gentoo/"
LANG="C"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,--hash-style=gnu,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
LINGUAS="en_US"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="   "
SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="acl alsa amd64 berkdb bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dri en fortran gdbm gpm gtk iconv ipv6 midi mmx modules mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pic pppd python readline session sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd threads unicode xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_US" PHP_TARGETS="php5-2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ree18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia vesa nouveau" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" 
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

random david #
Comment 1 David J Cozatt 2011-03-13 20:36:45 UTC
When discussing this with one of the developers of the connman application via mailing list one remark was the driver might not be fully supported by kernel. I have used this device to connect/sync/use Gentoo since early last year. It is said if 'iw wlan0 scan' works properly your card is supported.

random david # iw wlan0 scan
BSS 00:1c:10:9c:32:87 (on wlan0) -- associated
	TSF: 976537958787 usec (11d, 07:15:37)
	freq: 2437
	beacon interval: 50
	capability: ESS Privacy ShortSlotTime (0x0411)
	signal: 20351.00 dBm
	last seen: 76 ms ago
	Information elements from Probe Response frame:
	SSID: Davespace
	Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 
	DS Parameter set: channel 6
	ERP: Barker_Preamble_Mode
	RSN:	 * Version: 1
		 * Group cipher: TKIP
		 * Pairwise ciphers: CCMP TKIP
		 * Authentication suites: PSK
		 * Capabilities: (0x0000)
	Extended supported rates: 6.0 9.0 12.0 48.0 
	WPA:	 * Version: 1
		 * Group cipher: TKIP
		 * Pairwise ciphers: CCMP TKIP
		 * Authentication suites: PSK
		 * Capabilities: (0x0000)
BSS c0:3f:0e:1e:78:64 (on wlan0)
	TSF: 1300691251601 usec (15d, 01:18:11)
	freq: 2462
	beacon interval: 100
	capability: ESS Privacy ShortSlotTime (0x0411)
	signal: 20351.00 dBm
	last seen: 50 ms ago
	SSID: NormaK
	Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5 11.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 
	DS Parameter set: channel 11
	TIM: DTIM Count 2 DTIM Period 3 Bitmap Control 0x0 Bitmap[0] 0x0
	ERP: <no flags>
	RSN:	 * Version: 1
		 * Group cipher: TKIP
		 * Pairwise ciphers: CCMP TKIP
		 * Authentication suites: PSK
		 * Capabilities: 16-PTKSA-RC (0x000c)
	Extended supported rates: 6.0 9.0 12.0 48.0 
	WPS:	 * Version: 1.0
		 * Wi-Fi Protected Setup State: 2 (Configured)
	WPA:	 * Version: 1
		 * Group cipher: TKIP
		 * Pairwise ciphers: CCMP TKIP
		 * Authentication suites: PSK
		 * Capabilities: 16-PTKSA-RC (0x000c)
	WMM:	 * Parameter version 1
		 * u-APSD
		 * BE: CW 15-1023, AIFSN 3
		 * BK: CW 15-1023, AIFSN 7
		 * VI: CW 7-15, AIFSN 2, TXOP 3008 usec
		 * VO: CW 3-7, AIFSN 2, TXOP 1504 usec

I am also using this setup with another system and wireless-tools nor networkmanager would work with them. it is a 32 bit stable P3 with usb 1.0 only and running a Netgear WNA1100

As currently stated in the wireless setup of Gentoo's Handbook I could get neither of the cards to work with a current kernel.

Just a bump though I know a lot of work is going on here. ;-)
Comment 2 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2012-10-07 08:11:12 UTC
Looks like networkmanager-0.9.6.0 doesn't depend on it
Comment 3 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2012-11-23 04:26:03 UTC
networkmanager-0.9.4.0-r7 is stable and doesn't depend on wireless-tools either. closing, please reopen if I'm missing something obvious