iwconfig wlan0 ~ Segmentation Fault

Udip2laM9r · 08-02-2004, 10:57 PM

Finally got the wireless up, but can't set my WEP key.

# iwconfig wlan0 key 123456
Segmentation Fault.

Same thing happens when I try to configure it w/ system-config-network.

The wireless works beautifully without encryption, but as soon as I try to set the key, it segfaults.

any ideas?

Emachines m5312 Laptop
Fedora Core 2 ~ stock kernel (2.6.5-1.358)
BCM-94306 802.11g NIC module installed in the micro-PCI slot
ndiswrapper version 0.7

Thanks,

terata · 02-04-2005, 10:32 PM

I am getting this same error using FC3. The wireless works fine as long as WEP is disabled. But whenever I try to set a key I get a segmentation fault and then have to manually reset the computer.

Does anyone know what could be causing this?

snecklifter · 02-05-2005, 02:03 AM

Hi folks,

Ahh, the good old segmentation fault. Now this puppy is what causes BSOD under Windows however all you get with linux is a message to tell you one has occurred. Okay its not ideal but its better than a complete system crash. So to fix I would recommend two things.
1. Upgrade ndiswrapper to the latest version 1.0 which seems pretty stable.
2. Check out kernels with 16k stack sizes available from
http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader.../downloads.php
and see if that helps.
Cheers
CHris