Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 199019
wireless-tools needs to be updated because of new kernel
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:37 EST
Description of problem: For a while now, FC5 has been pushing out kernels with a newer version of the wireless extensions than what wireless-tools supports. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@vision ~]# uname -a Linux vision.buscaluz.org 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 #1 Tue Jul 11 22:55:46 EDT 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux [root@vision ~]# iwlist eth1 scan Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19. Some things may be broken... How reproducible: always
That's apparently still the case (Aug 1st 2006), but it's also apparently the case that the scans work anyway! [root@larry ush]# uname -a Linux larry 2.6.17-1.2145_FC5 #1 Sat Jul 1 13:03:45 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@larry ush]# /sbin/iwlist scan lo Interface doesn't support scanning. eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. Warning: Driver for device wifi0 has been compiled with version 20 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19. Some things may be broken... wifi0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:66:00:93:A2 ESSID:"nutmeat" Mode:Master Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Signal level=-36 dBm Noise level=-72 dBm Encryption key:on Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=100 Extra:resp_rate=10 wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:66:00:93:A2 ESSID:"nutmeat" Mode:Master Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Signal level=-37 dBm Noise level=-72 dBm Encryption key:on Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=100 Extra:resp_rate=10
This is a known problem. Thanks for your report anyway. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 196536 ***