Bug#900742: iwlist: argument list too long
Do you have more information about this limitation so that someone can report it to the appropriate package? On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Guus Sliepen wrote: > tags 900742 + wontfix > thanks > > On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 09:27:18PM -0700, Ernesto Alfonso wrote: > > > Package: wireless-tools > > Version: 30~pre9-12+b1 > > Severity: important > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > iwlist fails with the error "Failed to read scan data : Argument list > too long" when there > > are too many reachable access points. I've encountered this issue > consistently at certain hotels, > > and I've had to resort to using iw instead, as this stackoverflow > question from March 2017 answer suggests: > > The problem is unfortunately a limitation of the Wireless Extensions > kernel API that wireless-tools uses, so there is nothing that I can do > to fix it. If iw works for you, then by all means keep using it. > > -- > Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, > Guus Sliepen >
Bug#900742: iwlist: argument list too long
tags 900742 + wontfix thanks On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 09:27:18PM -0700, Ernesto Alfonso wrote: > Package: wireless-tools > Version: 30~pre9-12+b1 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > iwlist fails with the error "Failed to read scan data : Argument list too > long" when there > are too many reachable access points. I've encountered this issue > consistently at certain hotels, > and I've had to resort to using iw instead, as this stackoverflow question > from March 2017 answer suggests: The problem is unfortunately a limitation of the Wireless Extensions kernel API that wireless-tools uses, so there is nothing that I can do to fix it. If iw works for you, then by all means keep using it. -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#900742: iwlist: argument list too long
Package: wireless-tools Version: 30~pre9-12+b1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, iwlist fails with the error "Failed to read scan data : Argument list too long" when there are too many reachable access points. I've encountered this issue consistently at certain hotels, and I've had to resort to using iw instead, as this stackoverflow question from March 2017 answer suggests: https://stackoverflow.com/a/42730651/1941755 -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages wireless-tools depends on: ii libc62.24-11+deb9u1 ii libiw30 30~pre9-12+b1 wireless-tools recommends no packages. wireless-tools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
