Bug#462160: Get error message "Starting ipw3945 regulatory daemon: ipw3945d failed!"
Package: ipw3945d
Version: 1.7.22-5
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Having updated to version 1.14.16.1 of dpkg running
$ sudo /etc/init.d/ipw3945d start
or
$ sudo /etc/init.d/ipw3945d restart
fails, giving the error:
Starting ipw3945 regulatory daemon: ipw3945d failed!
This appears to have been caused by a change in the input argument
--chuid into start-stop-daemon (which is in the dpkg package) within
ipw3945d. It no longer accepts ${DAEMON_OWNER} as being
"Debian-ipw3945d:Debian-ipw3945d" and instead requires only
"Debian-ipw3945d". Making this change in the definition of
${DAEMON_OWNER} (with suitable other alterations to where
${DAEMON_OWNER} is used in chown commands) fixes the problem.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages ipw3945d depends on:
ii adduser 3.105 add and remove users and groups
ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
Versions of packages ipw3945d recommends:
ii firmware-ipw3945 0.9 Binary firmware for Intel Wireless
-- no debconf information
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