FS#25514 - [netcfg] 2.6.7 net-auto-wireless daemon doesn't stop if hard rfkill switch is used

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Oleksii Tkachuk (alexta) - Thursday, 11 August 2011, 17:36 GMT
Last edited by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Saturday, 13 August 2011, 17:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Arch Projects
Status Closed
Assigned To Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

The general way of using net-auto-wireless daemon when you have hardware rfkill switch is following:
1. switch on radio frequency (using driver specific API)
2. start net-auto-wireless
3. ... working ...
4. stop net-auto-wireless (radio must be on at this point, since commands in PRE_DOWN event must have network access, for example to umount network shares)
5. switch off radio frequency

Stopping daemon fails with "Cannot set state on hardware rfkill switch" error at point 4.

This is due to wrong stop request handler in the netcfg-wpa_actiond script. I've written little patch to fix this issue (see attach).

P.S. This patch fixes minor bug with missing file in the /usr/lib/network directory also (this bug appeared after renaming /usr/lib/network/wireless to /usr/lib/network/rfkill).
   hard_rfkill.patch (1.4 KiB)
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Closed by  Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng)
Saturday, 13 August 2011, 17:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Saturday, 13 August 2011, 17:54 GMT
Patch committed for netcfg 2.6.8

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