<p dir="ltr">Maybe we really have to get rid of the "running" detection, there seems to be a network manager out there that somehow blocks this flag.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Henning Rogge</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 1, 2013 10:05 AM, "Ferry Huberts" <<a href="mailto:mailings@hupie.com">mailings@hupie.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Well, as you can see yourself: in the non-functional system the wlan<br>
interface doesn't have the running flag.<br>
<br>
This might be because of an update to NetworkManager, but I actually<br>
know very little about Ubuntu since I'm a Fedora guy<br>
<br>
On 01/08/13 09:35, Joshua McKee wrote:<br>
> Here is the output for the system that it works on (running Ubuntu Server):<br>
><br>
> $ ifconfig<br>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 18:03:73:b0:d8:5c<br>
> inet addr:192.168.1.40 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0<br>
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<br>
> RX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br>
> TX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000<br>
> RX bytes:3475 (3.4 KB) TX bytes:2950 (2.9 KB)<br>
> Interrupt:20 Memory:e1a00000-e1a20000<br>
><br>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback<br>
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0<br>
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host<br>
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1<br>
> RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br>
> TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0<br>
> RX bytes:336 (336.0 B) TX bytes:336 (336.0 B)<br>
><br>
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr a0:f3:c1:2d:45:8b<br>
> inet addr:172.29.69.139 Bcast:172.29.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0<br>
> inet6 addr: fe80::a2f3:c1ff:fe2d:458b/64 Scope:Link<br>
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<br>
> RX packets:147505 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br>
> TX packets:141551 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000<br>
> RX bytes:20836050 (20.8 MB) TX bytes:29491150 (29.4 MB)<br>
><br>
> $ iwconfig<br>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.<br>
><br>
> lo no wireless extensions.<br>
><br>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"<a href="http://commotionwireless.net" target="_blank">commotionwireless.net</a><br>
> <<a href="http://commotionwireless.net" target="_blank">http://commotionwireless.net</a>>"<br>
> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.432 GHz Cell: 02:CA:FF:EE:BA:BE<br>
> Tx-Power=20 dBm<br>
> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off<br>
> Power Management:off<br>
><br>
><br>
> Here is the output for the system it doesn't work on (running Ubuntu<br>
> Desktop):<br>
><br>
> $ ifconfig<br>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 18:03:73:ae:9f:01<br>
> inet addr:192.168.1.30 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0<br>
> inet6 addr: fe80::1a03:73ff:feae:9f01/64 Scope:Link<br>
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<br>
> RX packets:581933 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br>
> TX packets:343550 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000<br>
> RX bytes:682012770 (682.0 MB) TX bytes:33589725 (33.5 MB)<br>
> Interrupt:20 Memory:e1a00000-e1a20000<br>
><br>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback<br>
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0<br>
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host<br>
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1<br>
> RX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br>
> TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0<br>
> RX bytes:5608 (5.6 KB) TX bytes:5608 (5.6 KB)<br>
><br>
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr a0:f3:c1:2d:63:37<br>
> inet addr:172.29.99.55 Bcast:172.29.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0<br>
> inet6 addr: fe80::a2f3:c1ff:fe2d:6337/64 Scope:Link<br>
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<br>
> RX packets:767872 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br>
> TX packets:83043 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000<br>
> RX bytes:76275602 (76.2 MB) TX bytes:101953510 (101.9 MB)<br>
><br>
> $ iwconfig<br>
> lo no wireless extensions.<br>
><br>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"<a href="http://commotionwireless.net" target="_blank">commotionwireless.net</a><br>
> <<a href="http://commotionwireless.net" target="_blank">http://commotionwireless.net</a>>"<br>
> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.432 GHz Cell: 02:CA:FF:EE:BA:BE<br>
> Tx-Power=20 dBm<br>
> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off<br>
> Power Management:off<br>
><br>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Both systems are identical in make and model, and the wireless card they<br>
> are using are the same.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Josh<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:33 AM, Teco Boot <<a href="mailto:teco@inf-net.nl">teco@inf-net.nl</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:teco@inf-net.nl">teco@inf-net.nl</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Interface up doesn't mean it is running.<br>
> If you don't provide ifconfig output, all you do is let us guessing.<br>
><br>
> Teco<br>
><br>
> Op 1 aug. 2013, om 04:03 heeft Joshua McKee <<a href="mailto:josjunk@gmail.com">josjunk@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:josjunk@gmail.com">josjunk@gmail.com</a>>> het volgende geschreven:<br>
><br>
> > Hello,<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm having a strange issue with OLSRd. When I run it on a system<br>
> with Ubuntu Server (12.04.2), it runs fine. When I run it on Ubuntu<br>
> Desktop (12.04.2 and above) with same configuration, on the same<br>
> hardware, I get this error message:<br>
> > --------------------<br>
> > Checking wlan0:<br>
> > Interface not up & running - skipping it...<br>
> > No interfaces detected! This might be intentional, but it also<br>
> might mean that your configuration is fubar.<br>
> > --------------------<br>
> > ifconfig shows that the interface is up, and the only difference<br>
> is between Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server.<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm running OLSR v0.6.5.4<br>
> ><br>
> > The command I run is:<br>
> > $ sudo ./olsrd -i wlan0 -f olsrd.conf<br>
> ><br>
> > My olsrd.conf file is empty.<br>
> ><br>
> > Does anyone have any idea what's causing this?<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks!<br>
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