Hi

When I type the command dmesg into the console I get the following message:

work@linux:~> dmesg
564)
wlan0 (WE) : Buffer for request 8B1B too small (0<10)
wlan0 (WE) : Buffer for request 8B0B too small (0<564)
wlan0 (WE) : Buffer for request 8B1B too small (0<10)
wlan0 (WE) : Buffer for request 8B0B too small (0<564)

This pattern carries on for ages and I get no other information. My Internet connection seems to be working okay and is connected over wlan0. When I tried to use this command before I received information on everything else. Please can you help me to get it back to how it used to work. There is probably something obvious that I am missing to get it to work properly.

This is my first post and I hope it contained enough information. If not please ask me what you want to know.

Thanks
John

Hi, and welcome to LQ.


Your problem is not that dmesg isn't working (it is doing its
job) ... the problem is that your wlan card must be set-up
incorrectly, and keeps filling the kernels ring-buffer with
warnings ... dmesg reads that buffer (which has a limited
size) and prints the contents.

Have a look at the wlan cards set-up. Once the errors are
gone your dmesg will display what you expect.


Cheers,
Tink

Thanks a lot for the help Tink. I looked around to see the programs using wlan0 and disabled a Kwifi manager applet that was running. This solved the problem and now dmesg works fine. Thanks again

John

Pleasure,

glad I could nudge you in the right direction! :)


Cheers,
Tink