[patch] prism2 support out of the box
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-wlan-ng (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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linux-wlan-ng (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
Even after installing the linux-wlan-ng, it is difficult to make prism2 devices work. The "Networking" applet in gnome-system-tools detects the wlan device and the user can try configuring the device, however, the final /etc/network/
The user has to manually enter linux-wlan-ng specific keywords into /etc/network/
IMHO, the settings in /etc/network/
Changed in linux-wlan-ng: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in linux-wlan-ng: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in linux-wlan-ng: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Fix Released |
This small, non-intrusive patch takes some wireless-tools variables (if they are set) and translates them to the corresponding linux-wlan-ng variables (if they are not set).
This will make the prism2 devices work out of the box for unencrypted and WEP encrypted networks.
To test the patch: if-pre- up.d ng-pre- up linux-wlan- ng-pre- up.orig linux-wlan- ng-pre- up.diff
cd /etc/network/
sudo cp -p linux-wlan-
sudo patch < ~/Desktop/
(and start with an empty interfaces file)
(I don't have a WLAN for the moment, so I could only do dry testing. Reviews, corrections, comments, improvements are welcome.)