Openmoko Bug #1742: [illume] even the WiFi is off, the icon is still there in illume bar

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Tue Aug 5 01:09:06 CEST 2008


#1742: [illume] even the WiFi is off, the icon is still there in illume bar
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 Reporter:  wendy_hung       |        Owner:  openmoko-kernel
     Type:  defect           |       Status:  assigned       
 Priority:  high             |    Milestone:  ASU            
Component:  System Software  |      Version:                 
 Severity:  critical         |   Resolution:                 
 Keywords:                   |     Blocking:                 
Blockedby:                   |  
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Changes (by raster):

  * owner:  raster => openmoko-kernel
  * status:  new => assigned
  * component:  E - Illume => System Software


Comment:

 this is a driver/system level issue. even with eth0 down, an invalid essid
 and no key (though it was connected before TO an ap with a different essid
 and with a wep key), the link quality is reported as:

 root at om-gta02:/etc/network# ifconfig
 lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
           RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
           RX bytes:688 (688.0 B)  TX bytes:688 (688.0 B)

 usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 3A:EE:24:E7:8A:0F
           inet addr:192.168.0.202  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:1040 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:623 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
           RX bytes:77061 (75.2 KiB)  TX bytes:74691 (72.9 KiB)

 root at om-gta02:/etc/network# iwconfig
 lo        no wireless extensions.

 usb0      no wireless extensions.

 eth0      AR6000 802.11g  ESSID:""
           Mode:Ad-Hoc  Bit Rate=48 Mb/s   Tx-Power=16 dBm
 Sensitivity=0/3
           Retry:on
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:on
           Link Quality:185/94  Signal level:-166 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:1

 note the 185/94... there is no adhoc network here... and all networks are
 encrypted.

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