[Bug 41393] ipw2200 card shows interface down even when connected to access point

[Celso Pinto]

Public bug reported:

Affects: hal (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
I was browsing through the device manager and I noticed that my WLAN
card reports 'net.interface_up = false' even though it's up and
connected to an access point.

The output of lshal -l is:
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_4220'
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_4220'  (string)
  linux.subsystem = 'pci'  (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 1  (0x1)  (int)
  pci.subsys_product = 'Unknown (0x12f6)'  (string)
  pci.subsys_vendor = 'Hewlett-Packard Company'  (string)
  info.product = 'PRO/Wireless 2200BG'  (string)
  pci.product = 'PRO/Wireless 2200BG'  (string)
  info.vendor = 'Intel Corporation'  (string)
  pci.vendor = 'Intel Corporation'  (string)
  pci.device_protocol = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  pci.device_subclass = 128  (0x80)  (int)
  pci.device_class = 2  (0x2)  (int)
  pci.subsys_vendor_id = 4156  (0x103c)  (int)
  pci.subsys_product_id = 4854  (0x12f6)  (int)
  pci.vendor_id = 32902  (0x8086)  (int)
  pci.product_id = 16928  (0x4220)  (int)
  info.linux.driver = 'ipw2200'  (string)
  pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:06.0'  (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2448'  (string)
  info.bus = 'pci'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:06.0'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:06.0'  (string)

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_12_f0_8d_d8_09'
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_12_f0_8d_d8_09'  (string)
  linux.subsystem = 'net'  (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
  net.80211.mac_address = 81345239049  (0x12f08dd809)  (uint64)
  info.product = 'WLAN Interface'  (string)
  net.interface_up = false  (bool)
  net.arp_proto_hw_id = 1  (0x1)  (int)
  net.linux.ifindex = 12  (0xc)  (int)
  net.address = '00:12:f0:8d:d8:09'  (string)
  net.interface = 'eth1'  (string)
  net.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_4220'  (string)
  info.capabilities = {'net', 'net.80211'} (string list)
  info.category = 'net.80211'  (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_4220'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/class/net/eth1'  (string)


I don't know if this doesn't affect other operations like resuming from suspend, etc. so I thought it would be a good idea to report it. If you need more info let me know.

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ipw2200 card shows interface down even when connected to access point
https://launchpad.net/bugs/41393