Public bug reported: Karmic's libc doesn't include the "ERFKILL" errno in its error tables. Since Karmic's 2.6.31 kernel will return this error number for operations on wireless devices when the rfkill switch is enabled, this results in confusing error messages from 'iwconfig' or other commands (specifically, things like "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132")
e.g. http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1271226 shows two users whose wireless cards don't work and are unable to diagnose the problem as a result of this error message. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 3 13:11:12 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: libc6 2.10.1-0ubuntu13 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic SourcePackage: eglibc Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686 ** Affects: eglibc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- libc6 doesn't understand ERFKILL errno https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441535 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
