[Bug 441535] Re: libc6 doesn't understand ERFKILL errno

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On 2009-11-11T01:13:44+00:00 Nelson Elhage wrote:

glibc doesn't include the "ERFKILL" errno in its error tables. As of Linux 2.6.31 
(specifically, commit 1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3), the Linux 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.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/glibc/+bug/441535/comments/2

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On 2009-11-14T18:21:00+00:00 Drepper-fsp wrote:

Add in git.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/glibc/+bug/441535/comments/4


** Changed in: glibc
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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Title:
  libc6 doesn't understand ERFKILL errno

Status in The GNU C Library:
  Fix Released
Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  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