[ATrpms-users] RE: ipw2200 and monitor mode

[Johnny Choque]

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Axel Thimm [mailto:Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net] 
> Enviado el: martes, 07 de junio de 2005 22:38
> Para: Johnny Choque
> CC: atrpms-users at atrpms.net
> Asunto: Re: ipw2200 and monitor mode
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 05:40:05PM +0200, Johnny Choque wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I was testing the last version of atrpm's ipw2200 packages 
> and I have 
> > found that it does not work with monitor mode. I have used the 
> > following rpm
> > packages:
> > 
> > ipw2200-1.0.4-28.rhfc3.at.i386.rpm
> > ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.11-1.27_FC3-1.0.4-28.rhfc3.at.i686.rpm
> > ipw2200-firmware-2.3-6.at.noarch.rpm
> > 
> > When run "iwconfig eth1 mode monitor" I get the following 
> error message:
> > 
> > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06):
> >      Set failed on device eth1; invalid argument
> > 
> > But the ipw2200 driver loaded for the eth1 interface is working 
> > without any problem.
> > 
> > For testing, I have uninstalled the atrpm packages, then I have 
> > installed the ipw2200 source package from 
> > http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ and now the "iwconfig eth1 
> mode monitor" command is working correctly.
> > 
> > Do you know what the problem is?
> 
> First thing that comes to mind is module loading order. Try 
> rmmoding ipw2200 and ieee80211* and check the output of
> 
> modprobe -nv ipw2200
> 
> Perhaps on first run of ATrpms old modules were still in place?
> ATrpms' rpms don't rmmod the old modules, they only install 
> the new ones and make sure modprobe should pick them up (if 
> modprobe checks /updates/ before other folders).
> 
> Other than that nothing comes to mind. The buildlogs are clean.

Hi Axel,

Thanks for your quick answer. I have bad news. I had the opportunity to make
a new install of Fedora in other laptop and the end the problem is the same.
After install and upgrade Fedora Core 3, I cleaned all files related with
ipw2200 driver using "unload" and "remove-old" scripts from
ipw2200-1.0.4.tgz source package. I verified that other ipw2200 packages are
not installed using "rpm -qa | grep ipw" command. Then, I installed Atrpms'
rpms without any problems. When run "modprobe -nv ipw2200" I get the
following message:

insmod
/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.27_FC3/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ipw/ieee80211_cryp
t.ko
insmod
/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.27_FC3/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ipw/ieee80211.ko
insmod
/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.27_FC3/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ipw/ipw2200.ko

The ipw2200 driver is working very well, the only functionality does not
work is the monitor mode because I get the same error message.

Any ideas?

Thnaks,

Johnny