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wondershaper package

wondershaper error ruins internet speed

Bug #1739086 reported by Rudolf
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wondershaper (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

1. Ubuntu 17.10
2. wondershaper 1.1a-8
3. I expected the software to limit the network bandwidth to the given values-
4. Instead I got following error message:
sudo wondershaper enp3s0 500 100
[sudo] Passwort für user:
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
We have an error talking to the kernel
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
We have an error talking to the kernel
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
We have an error talking to the kernel
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
We have an error talking to the kernel
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
We have an error talking to the kernel

After running the command with this error, the internet speed gets set to an arbitrary very low amount. I only figured this out with speedtest, before and after the command (reboot makes everything fine).

See original description
Rudolf (rudolf97)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in wondershaper (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
dino99 (9d9) wrote :

wondershaper is very old, not maintained since Mon, 11 May 2015
http://repo.or.cz/lartc.git

Its clearly proposed to now use iproute2 instead
http://lartc.org/wondershaper/

So that old package should better be removed from archive

tags: added: archive deprecated from remove software to
tags: removed: archive from to
Changed in wondershaper (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
summary: - wondershaper error ruins internet speed
+ [Archive removal] wondershaper error ruins internet speed
Rudolf (rudolf97)
Changed in wondershaper (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
status: Confirmed → Opinion
dino99 (9d9)
Changed in wondershaper (Ubuntu):
status: Opinion → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: [Archive removal] wondershaper error ruins internet speed

[Expired for wondershaper (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in wondershaper (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
Revision history for this message
Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

@dino99, it is not helpful to set to incomplete status without actually asking the reporter or anybody affected a question. We're not here to close the biggest number of tickets, we're here to fix bugs. I'm saying this as co-maintainer of wondershaper in Debian, just in case you wondered.

Changed in wondershaper (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → New
Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
summary: - [Archive removal] wondershaper error ruins internet speed
+ wondershaper error ruins internet speed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in wondershaper (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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