Problem with wireless on FC5

[Matthew Saltzman]

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

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