I can confirm that the patch fix_driver_wext_for_broadcom_wl.patch is broken, supplicant stopped working with iwlwifi driver resulting with:
ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Argument list too long ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Argument list too long ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Argument list too long ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Argument list too long ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Argument list too long ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Argument list too long -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994739 Title: wireless takes several seconds longer to connect from standby Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “wpasupplicant” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “network-manager” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “wpasupplicant” source package in Precise: Triaged Bug description: My observation is that network-manager is taking longer to connect to my wireless access point than 11.10. I trust the rest of the attached info will reveal all necessary system data. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic-pae 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Fri May 4 12:47:28 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth1 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.116 metric 2 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH Wired connection 1 264165e3-74f6-4750-8198-6e8b6d3632cf 802-3-ethernet 1336133356 Fri 04 May 2012 07:09:16 AM CDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 2.4GHzWPA2 9afe3092-8693-4b03-92cd-fd179af0fca8 802-11-wireless 1336153624 Fri 04 May 2012 12:47:04 PM CDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH eth1 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/994739/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
