rawhide report: 20050913 changes

Rodd Clarkson rodd at clarkson.id.au
Thu Sep 15 11:16:20 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 22:49 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote:
>         > >I'm happy to do a rebuild of NM, but when you say older
>         kernels, how
>         > >older are you talking. 
>         > >
>         > 1547 was the first kernel that required a new
>         wireless-tools.  You need
>         > to rebuild if you've got an earlier one.
>         
>         rebuild what?  NetworkManager or the kernel?
> 
> Possibly the new version of wireless-tools (kernel now has WE-19) and
> then probably rebuild NM against the new wireless-tools. 

Nope, this didn't work

I downloaded and built wireless-tools, and then NetworkManager, but I
still can't see the names of the wireless routers.

Is this output useful.

[rodd at localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root at localhost ~]# iwlist eth1 scanning
eth1      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:04:ED:1E:1B:63
                    ESSID:"tundra"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:1
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 9 11 6 12 18 24 36 48 54
                    Signal level=-54 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 53ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:3D:27:F8:E3
                    ESSID:"AvocaCourt"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:6
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 22 24 36 48 54
                    Signal level=-52 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 38ms ago

[root at localhost ~]#




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