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  1. Bug #201597
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 201597

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Jefferson Martins de Oliveira (jeffersonjbj) wrote :

I have same problem:

jefferson@jeffersonlaptop:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.

jefferson@jeffersonlaptop:~$ uname -a
Linux jeffersonlaptop 2.6.24-17-rt #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Thu May 1 16:23:33 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

jefferson@jeffersonlaptop:~$ dmesg | grep iwl
[ 48.377513] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.0
[ 48.377523] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation
[ 48.590601] iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
[ 51.916901] iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
[ 51.919390] wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'