I updated everything yesterday, and now iw crashes every time. The biggest change was that I updated libnl to the latest.... I'll start digging, but will not be offended if someone finds it first! [root@lec2010-ath9k-1 lanforge]# ldd ./local/sbin/iw linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb78bb000) libnl-genl.so.3 => /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl-genl.so.3 (0xb78b6000) libnl-genl-3.so.200 => /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200 (0xb78b2000) libnl-3.so.200 => /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl-3.so.200 (0xb789f000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x42b28000) libnl.so.3 => /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl.so.3 (0xb7878000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x42cfa000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x42cb4000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x42b07000) [root@lec2010-ath9k-1 lanforge]# ./local/sbin/iw phy nl80211 not found. Segmentation fault Core was generated by `./local/sbin/iw phy'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 nl_list_del (ops=0xb780d2c0) at ../include/netlink/list.h:51 51 ../include/netlink/list.h: No such file or directory. in ../include/netlink/list.h (gdb) bt #0 nl_list_del (ops=0xb780d2c0) at ../include/netlink/list.h:51 #1 genl_unregister (ops=0xb780d2c0) at genl/mngt.c:212 #2 0xb780b440 in ctrl_exit () at genl/ctrl.c:377 #3 0xb780b3b8 in __do_global_dtors_aux () from /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200 #4 0xb780cb50 in _fini () from /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200 #5 0x42b15f2d in _dl_fini () at dl-fini.c:249 #6 0x42b56cdf in __run_exit_handlers (status=1) at exit.c:78 #7 exit (status=1) at exit.c:100 #8 0x42b3ee3e in __libc_start_main (main=0x8049c60 <main>, argc=2, ubp_av=0xbfe93c74, init=0x80553b0 <__libc_csu_init>, fini=0x80553a0 <__libc_csu_fini>, rtld_fini=0x42b15d50 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbfe93c6c) at libc-start.c:258 #9 0x08049261 in _start () (gdb) [root@lec2010-ath9k-1 lanforge]# valgrind ./local/sbin/iw phy ==25107== Memcheck, a memory error detector ==25107== Copyright (C) 2002-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==25107== Using Valgrind-3.7.0.SVN and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info ==25107== Command: ./local/sbin/iw phy ==25107== nl80211 not found. ==25107== Invalid read of size 4 ==25107== at 0x400F7C5: genl_unregister (list.h:51) ==25107== by 0x401343F: ctrl_exit (ctrl.c:377) ==25107== by 0x40133B7: ??? (in /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200.3.0) ==25107== by 0x4014B4F: ??? (in /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200.3.0) ==25107== by 0x42B15F2C: _dl_fini (dl-fini.c:249) ==25107== by 0x42B56CDE: exit (exit.c:78) ==25107== by 0x42B3EE3D: (below main) (libc-start.c:258) ==25107== Address 0x18 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==25107== ==25107== ==25107== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV): dumping core ==25107== Access not within mapped region at address 0x18 ==25107== at 0x400F7C5: genl_unregister (list.h:51) ==25107== by 0x401343F: ctrl_exit (ctrl.c:377) ==25107== by 0x40133B7: ??? (in /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200.3.0) ==25107== by 0x4014B4F: ??? (in /home/lanforge/local/lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200.3.0) ==25107== by 0x42B15F2C: _dl_fini (dl-fini.c:249) ==25107== by 0x42B56CDE: exit (exit.c:78) ==25107== by 0x42B3EE3D: (below main) (libc-start.c:258) ==25107== If you believe this happened as a result of a stack ==25107== overflow in your program's main thread (unlikely but ==25107== possible), you can try to increase the size of the ==25107== main thread stack using the --main-stacksize= flag. ==25107== The main thread stack size used in this run was 8388608. ==25107== ==25107== HEAP SUMMARY: ==25107== in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==25107== total heap usage: 11 allocs, 11 frees, 9,420 bytes allocated ==25107== ==25107== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible ==25107== ==25107== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v ==25107== ERROR SUMMARY: 1 errors from 1 contexts (suppressed: 22 from 8) Segmentation fault -- Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html