Problem with wireless on FC5
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Mon Apr 17 21:17:19 UTC 2006
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, 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?
Try installing initscripts from updates-testing.
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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