Erik P. Olsen wrote:
Mick M. wrote:
Hi List; I finally got my wireless working Thank you list.
That is under kernel 2.6.23.9-85.fc8. When I did a 'yum upgrade' I got 2.6.23.14-107.fc8. If I boot into this I lose my wireless connection.
[snip] If you have no problems with current kernel don't update.
It is best that he locates why it fails and submits a problem referring to the failure. Kernel 2.6.23.14-107.fc8 works for my wireless. Apparently there is either a patch removed or backport breakage.
Jim
rpm -q kernel-2.6.23.14-107.fc8.i686 --changelog |grep wire - More wireless fixes for 2.6.24 - More wireless update for 2.6.25 - Another round of wireless fixes headed for 2.6.24 - Another round of wireless updates headed for 2.6.25 - Some wireless fixes headed for 2.6.24 - Some wireless updates headed for 2.6.25 - Some wireless driver bits headed for 2.6.25 - Some wireless bits headed for 2.6.25 - Some more wireless bits headed for 2.6.24 - Resync wireless bits headed for 2.6.24 - Resync wireless bits headed for 2.6.25 - wireless fixes from 2.6.24 - wireless updates destined for 2.6.25 - Resync wireless bits from current upstream - Disable PS3 wireless for now (#343901) firewire ohci 1.0 controllers (bz #344851) - Fix lockdep bug in firewire. - Back-out last round of wireless updates - Update wireless bits from upstream - Fix-up botched wireless patch restructuring... - Update and restructure wireless patches - Update bits from wireless-2.6 and wireless-dev - Update bits from wireless-2.6 and wireless-dev - Add patch for the "status write for unknown orb" firewire-sbp2 error. - Update wireless-dev bits (mac80211, rt2x00, b43, ssb) - Update wireless-dev bits (upstream fixes, b43, ssb) - Update wireless-dev bits (mac80211, bcm43xx -> b43, ssb) - remove obsolete linux-2.6-wireless.patch - Update wireless bits from wireless-2.6 and wireless-dev - Update git-wireless-dev.patch (bcm43xx-mac80211 & zd1211rw-mac80211 updates) - Update git-wireless-dev.patch (iwlwifi & rt2x00 updates) - Update git-wireless-dev.patch (iwlwifi, rt2x00, & zd1211rw updates) - Update git-wireless-dev.patch (iwlwifi & bcm43xx updates) - Update git-wireless-dev.patch (iwlwifi & rt2x00 updates) - Rediff git-wireless-dev.patch - Update git-wireless-dev.patch (rt2x00 update) - Update git-wireless-dev.patch - Update git-wireless-dev.patch - Reinstate git-wireless-dev.patch - Add updated iwlwifi driver from intellinuxwireless.org - Update git-wireless-dev.patch - Re-enable wireless-dev patch (updated for current kernel) - Refresh wireless-dev patch - Drop iwlwifi patch (0.0.25 now in wireless-dev!) - Refresh wireless-dev patch to work w/ 2.6.22 base.