New kernel update breaks wireless

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Sat Aug 11 04:35:16 UTC 2007


On 8/10/07, Andrew Robinson <awrobinson-ml at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> I just let PUP update the kernel on my laptop to 2.6.22.1-32.fc6. When I
> boot into that kernel, my wireless interface fails to start. When I run
>
> $ ifup eth1
>
> I get
>
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
> Failed to bring up eth1.
>
> I've looked, but I cannot find any reference to the variable
> SIOCSIFFLAGS. Anyone know what's wrong and how to fix this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrew Robinson

If you boot into your previous kernel does the wireless interface work?




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