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FS#38634 - [wireless_tools] bails out when scanning with lots of APs

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by FreakGuard (FreakGuard) - Thursday, 23 January 2014, 20:20 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Friday, 16 May 2014, 07:09 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
When scanning in a position with a lot of APs, iwlwifi sometimes bails with

Jan 23 14:06:30 host wicd[326]: wlp2s0 Failed to read scan data : Argument list too long

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.

linux version 3.12.8-1

Steps to reproduce:
Go somewhere with a lot of AP. Wake the laptop up from sleep (seems to trigger it sometimes), try to scan for networks. None apprear

Workarounds:
Cycle the RF-Kill switch. If that doesn't work, reload the driver.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Friday, 16 May 2014, 07:09 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 24 January 2014, 10:43 GMT
This is a bug in wireless_tools which has been solved upstream in 30pre9. Maybe we should update it, as we won't be seeing new stable releases anytime soon. Debian packaged pre9 in 2009...
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Thursday, 30 January 2014, 16:54 GMT
Good point.
Comment by FreakGuard (FreakGuard) - Friday, 16 May 2014, 01:27 GMT
  • Field changed: Percent Complete (100% → 0%)
I can reproduce this bug with 3.13.8 and 30.pre9-1.
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Friday, 16 May 2014, 07:09 GMT
Please report it upstream.

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