Because the issue was fixed in Intrepid as far as I know (at least for me, newer versions of iwl work without any issues). It was marked as "Fix Released" some 6 months ago in May. Then someone changed it to "Won't Fix" without any reason.
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Duncan Lithgow <duncan.lith...@gmail.com>wrote: > Since the iwl3945 driver does not offer the same functionality as the > (depreciated) ipw3945, please explain why this is marked as 'won't fix' > > -- > [hardy] iwl3945/iwl4965 + wpasupplicant fails to connect to university > network. regression from gutsy (ipw3945+wpasupplicant) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220640 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in The Linux Kernel: Fix Released > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > [hardy] iwl3945/iwl4965 + wpasupplicant fails to connect to university > network. regression from gutsy (ipw3945+wpasupplicant) which worked fine. > > wpa_supplicant.conf : > > network={ > ssid="MAASnet" > key_mgmt=IEEE8021X > wep_key0=67521641120849428492308341 > phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2" > identity="" #fill in > password="" #fill in > } > > Here's a part of the output from running ""sudo wpa_supplicant > -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlan0 -D wext -d"" which might > be relevant : > > EAPOL: Setting dynamic WEP key: unicast keyidx 3 len 13 > wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=1 key_idx=3 set_tx=128 seq_len=0 key_len=13 > ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument > Driver did not support SIOCSIWENCODEEXT > EAPOL: Failed to set WEP key to the driver. > > I'ts probably not a microcode error because I followed : > http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=fw_error_report and I'm not seeing > "Microcode SW error detected" in my dmesg. > > People with similar issues (my university uses different network settings > and I'm getting different error messages) : > https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/209920 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/199275/ > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/207446 > http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/6281/ > http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4695238&postcount=14 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4754224&postcount=15 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=753200 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4747104&postcount=4 > > Similar but different upstream bugs (my university uses different network > settings and I'm getting different error messages) : > http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1507 > http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1522 > > upstream bug with similar error messages (ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid > argument) but different network settings : > http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1339 > > I've seen the same problem (not being able to connect to this particular > network) with iwl4965 (laptop of someone else). > > -- Darko Ronić, univ. bacc. ing. comp. Master Student, Computer Engineering Faculty of Electrotechnic Engineering and Computing; Zagreb; Croatia Mobile: +38598876963 E-mail: darko.ro...@gmail.com Web: http://www.kabuuum.net -- [hardy] iwl3945/iwl4965 + wpasupplicant fails to connect to university network. regression from gutsy (ipw3945+wpasupplicant) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220640 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