Strange behaviour with boottime loading of ipw2200

[darrell pfeifer]

On 11/3/06, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> darrell pfeifer (darrellpf at gmail.com) said:
> > In my case the BCM4400 device (eth0) has HWADDR but the IPW2200 device
> > (eth1) doesn't. I'm assuming that the
> >
> > /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default
> >
> > path is the correct one, not either of
> >
> > /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/
> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
>
> The last one is the path read (/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.)
>
> > From the failure I see in /var/log/messages it looks like the Broadcom
> > driver picked up eth1 first (ignoring the HWADDR?), then IPW2200 was
> > left to find a random name.
>
> Kernel pays no attention to user configuration - it just grabs the first
> ethX name. The renaming is done by a udev rule.
>
> Bill
>
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Added HWADDR for the IPW.

That will hopefully fix the naming. Now we move to Network Manager.

When I log in it fails to connect. A manual selection does work to
connect  afterwards. I'm using MAC filtering on this AP, not WPA

darrell

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Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Updating allowed
wireless network lists.
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  SWITCH: no current
connection, found better connection 'eth1'.
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not
found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth1 for sub-path eth1.dbus.get.reason
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Will activate
connection 'eth1/SMC'.
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Device eth1
activation scheduled...
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) started...
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Nov  3 08:34:11 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation
(eth1/wireless): access point 'SMC' is unencrypted, no key needed.
Nov  3 08:34:12 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: sending command
'INTERFACE_ADD eth1 wext     /var/run/wpa_supplicant '
Nov  3 08:34:13 localhost bonobo-activation-server (darrell-2706):
Passing command-line arguments in .server files is deprecated:
"/usr/bin/tomboy --panel-applet"
Nov  3 08:34:13 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: response was 'OK'
Nov  3 08:34:13 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Error opening
control interface to supplicant.
Nov  3 08:34:13 localhost NetworkManager: <WARN>
real_act_stage2_config(): Activation (eth1/wireless): couldn't connect
to the supplicant.
Nov  3 08:34:13 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1)
failure scheduled...
Nov  3 08:34:13 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Nov  3 08:34:13 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1)
failed for access point (SMC)
Nov  3 08:34:14 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Failed to send ASSOCIATE:
Already sending a command.
Nov  3 08:34:14 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) failed.
Nov  3 08:34:14 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth1.
Nov  3 08:34:17 localhost avahi-daemon[2345]: Withdrawing address
record for fe80::213:ceff:febf:4eb6 on eth1.
Nov  3 08:34:18 localhost avahi-daemon[2345]: Leaving mDNS multicast
group on interface eth1.IPv6 with address fe80::213:ceff:febf:4eb6.
Nov  3 08:34:18 localhost avahi-daemon[2345]: iface.c:
interface_mdns_mcast_join() called but no local address available.
Nov  3 08:34:18 localhost dhclient: receive_packet failed on eth1:
Network is down
Nov  3 08:34:18 localhost avahi-daemon[2345]: Interface eth1.IPv6 no
longer relevant for mDNS.
Nov  3 08:34:31 localhost ntpd[2197]: sendto(80.163.145.206) (fd=21):
Invalid argument
Nov  3 08:34:31 localhost ntpd[2197]: sendto(130.133.1.10) (fd=21):
Invalid argument
Nov  3 08:34:34 localhost ntpd[2197]: sendto(202.49.59.6) (fd=21):
Invalid argument
Nov  3 08:34:39 localhost avahi-daemon[2345]: New relevant interface
eth1.IPv6 for mDNS.
Nov  3 08:34:39 localhost avahi-daemon[2345]: Joining mDNS multicast
group on interface eth1.IPv6 with address fe80::213:ceff:febf:4eb6.
Nov  3 08:34:39 localhost avahi-daemon[2345]: Registering new address
record for fe80::213:ceff:febf:4eb6 on eth1.
Nov  3 08:34:43 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.
Nov  3 08:34:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  User Switch:
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / SMC
Nov  3 08:34:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth1.