Problem with wireless on FC5

[Mike Cohler]

Paul Goodman wrote:

>I have an IBM ThinkPad T42 with an Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG running Fedora
>Core 5. Here is the output from lspci:
>
>02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
>
>The card didn't work after install, but after installing the ipw2200 drivers
>and firmware, I was able to successfully configure it as eth1 using
>system-config-network. Everything looks great.
>
>Then, I reboot. When the computer comes back up, the wireless card is no
>longer recognized, and I can't use any of the usual if* commands to activate
>it. I run system-config-network again, and the interface shows up, but if I
>try to activate it, I get the following:
>
>Device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
>
>The only way to restore the connection that I've found is to delete the
>interface in system-config-network, then go to /lib/firmware and do
>restorecon -v. Then, I reboot and I can reconfigure the interface when the
>computer is back up again. But as soon as I reboot, it starts all over
>again.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?

There is a bug which can be worked around by adding the following line
to /etc/modprobe.conf

 install ipw2200 /sbin/modprobe -q eth0; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw2200

Once done reboot and see if it works.

Mike

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mike cohler