Problems with ipw2200 wireless in FC6

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, luca porcu wrote:

>> They were all running, I had just turned on NetWorkManager without turning 
>> off
>> network, didn't realize they shouldn't be run at the same time. However, 
>> even
>> so, sometimes the ipw2200 card is still shown as __tmp1804289383, with the
>> same behavior described in the previous e-mail. Is there any thing else I
>> should try?
>
> Hi,
>
> I have the same problem with Fedora 6 and wireless ipw2200
>
> I have solve the problem with this:
>
> su - (become super user)
>
> rmmod ipw2200
>
> now
>
> modprobe ipw2200
>
> last passage is not necessary, because the module reloaded by the
> system when is necessary.

That's a workaround.  The initscripts RPM currently in updates-testing 
should contain a permanent fix.

>
>
> bye luca
>
>

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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