linux-kernel - Re: need help figuring out what makes my wireless"iwconfig" not respond

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:31:53 -0700
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
CC:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: need help figuring out what makes my wireless"iwconfig" not respond

Larry Finger wrote:
> Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>    
>> from 2.6.31-rc1 to present there was a couple of commits for
>> wireless. prior to that the wireless on my machine(imac)
>> was o.k.,
>> Now the wireless does work(streams music,t.v. etc..)
>> but when I look at iwconfig there's nothing no info.
>> (I use wicd as my connection manager, and in the bottom corner
>> of the screen the transmit power is down to almost nothing,
>> causing wicd to constantly reconnect)
>>
>> out of a random guess what commit might have caused this, so I can at least
>> fix this over here(that is until the manufacturer comes out with a new
>> version). I can go in and individually revert all of the wireless, but
>> before that
>> I want a quick lead.
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>>      
>
> If you have a git tree, use the "git bisect" commands to find the bad
> commit.
>
>    
alright. I'll give that a try.

Justin P. Mattock
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