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NTT
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Joined: 26 Dec 2002
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 Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject: udev and wlan0ap_rename |
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I was in the process of setting up a hostapd wlan access point using a prism card using the hostap driver. When trying to start up hostapd I get an error;
| Code: | | ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX): No such device |
When I type iwconfig I notice there is a device called wlan0ap_rename - this should be just wlan0ap.
After Googling a bit I found out it was udev renaming my device - so I tried one of the possible solutions I found.
I created the file /etc/udev/rules.d/12-wifi-rules containing the line
| Code: | | KERNEL="wlan0ap*", SYSFS{address}="00:0d:54:aa:d0:28", NAME="wlan0ap" |
in an attempt to get the deivce name back to what it should be. Its not working.
Can anybody help me with this udev problem, or better yet, a rule to tell udev not to touch this device/driver at all?
Ps. after a reboot, it will work at first, but when I try to experiment something or restart hostapd it seems to get renamed. Also unloading the module makes udev crash my PC. I built the module for the kernel yesterday, ad dit not reboot after it - insmodded/rmmodded it quite a lot without problems. Today, after rebooting, a rmmod hostap_pci makes my computer lock up. |
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PaulBredbury
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Joined: 14 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Should be e.g.:
| Code: | | SUBSYSTEM=="net", SYSFS{address}=="00:0d:54:aa:d0:28", NAME="wlan0ap" |
man udev for difference between = and ==. |
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