[driverloader] SuSE9.3, wlan0 doesn't start, but may be started...

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

the source of the problem seems to be the following error messages:

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ERROR: command 'iwconfig wlan0 key off' returned
        Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
        SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
ERROR: command 'iwconfig wlan0 key open 20B41AF4F3' returned
        Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
        SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
---

It seems that as long as you have not reloaded DriverLoader, for a 
unknown reason, all commands to set WEP information fail. This is not a 
known problem.

Could you try with different versions of the Windows XP driver to see if 
there is a difference?

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com



Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> My wireless on my SuSE9.3 with driverloader works fine, I know how to get it 
> on-air, but of course, if it could work automatically... Initially this is 
> what happens when I do (as root) "rcnetwork restart".
> 
> **********************************************''
> Setting up network interfaces:
>     lo
>     lo        IP address: 127.0.0.1/8                                 done
>     eth0      device: Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
> (Mobile) (rev 03)
>     eth0      No configuration found for eth0                         unused
>     wlan0     device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI 
> Adapter (rev 04)
>     wlan0     Startmode is 'manual'                                   skipped
> Setting up service network  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  done
> IBM93:/home/vk # ifup wlan0
>     wlan0     device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI 
> Adapter (rev 04)
> ERROR: command 'iwconfig wlan0 key off' returned
>        Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
>        SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
> ERROR: command 'iwconfig wlan0 key open 20B41AF4F3' returned
>        Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
>        SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
> Starting DHCP Client Daemon on wlan0... . . . . . no IP address yet... 
> backgrounding.
> IBM93:/home/vk # ifconfig
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:9352 (9.1 Kb)  TX bytes:9352 (9.1 Kb)
> 
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:F1:0C:6B:67
>           inet6 addr: fe80::20c:f1ff:fe0c:6b67/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:18 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> **********************************************''
> 
> As you can see, I get errors and no DHCP and so forth. I remedy this situation 
> by launching my browser and goes into http://localhost:18020 - I then select 
> reload from the web-site. I then do a (as root) "ifup wlan0". This causes no 
> errors and gives me an adress and all. Like this:
> 
> IBM93:/home/vk # ifup wlan0
>     wlan0     device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI 
> Adapter (rev 04)
> Starting DHCP Client Daemon on wlan0... . . . . . no IP address yet... 
> backgrounding.
> IBM93:/home/vk # ifconfig
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:315 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:315 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:86128 (84.1 Kb)  TX bytes:86128 (84.1 Kb)
> 
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:F1:0C:6B:67
>           inet addr:172.16.12.201  Bcast:172.16.12.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::20c:f1ff:fe0c:6b67/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:13 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:784 (784.0 b)  TX bytes:1553 (1.5 Kb)
> 
> IBM93:/home/vk #
> 
> So, as you can see, all is ok and life is good :-)
> Only, of course, if it could be brought to work in the first place, it'd be 
> great. And, changing "manuel" to "auto" doesn't work...
> 
> Any hints?
> 
> 
>