[OPIE 0000197]: wirelessapplet causes a modprobe when updating statistics if wireless card not inserted

The following bug has been CLOSED
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http://131.152.105.154/mantis/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000197
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Reporter: clm
Handler: Mickey
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Project: OPIE
Bug ID: 0000197
Category: Taskbar/Launcher/Plugins
Reproducibility: always
Severity: major
Priority: normal
Status: closed
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Date Submitted: 09-09-02 11:26 CEST
Last Modified: 10-21-02 08:20 CEST
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Summary: wirelessapplet causes a modprobe when updating
statistics if wireless card not inserted
Description:
After removing a wireless card, the periodic statistics update will cause
the kernel module autoloader to attempt to load a module for the device (in
my case, "eth0"). Since the card isn't inserted (and in addition,
/etc/modules.conf doesn't have eth0 aliased to any specific module), the
modprobe fails. When the update frequency is set to 1 second, the repeated
modprobes slow my iPAQ down too much, and I have to reboot (or reinsert the
wireless card) to regain responsiveness.
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 ofels - 09-27-02 10:15 CEST
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Mickey, clm: How about this one ?
Status ?

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 onyx4 - 09-27-02 23:03 CEST
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On the zaurus with OZ and latest cvs OPIE, when the card is removed, the
wireless applet is removed, so it does not do modprobe anymore. However,
there is a period of a couple of seconds where i do see the modprobe
messages, about 5-10 of them until it the applet stops.

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 Mickey - 10-09-02 12:21 CEST
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* As onyx4 said, the problem is no longer persistent due to the new
detection code.

* As far as the user interface to allow the selection of the device to be
monitored is concerned: I think this is not necessary - the wirelessapplet
scans all network interfaces and uses the first _wireless_ interface. I
have yet to see an Opie user with more than one wireless ethernet card.

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 Mickey - 10-09-02 12:25 CEST
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siehe letzte Bugnotiz von mir.

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 ofels - 10-21-02 08:20 CEST
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gone
Received on Mon Oct 21 07:07:37 2002