F11 iwlagn errors on Thinkpad W700

[Robert G. (Doc) Savage]

On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 19:33 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 15:57 -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > On 08/16/2009 03:45 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> > > Since installing F11 on my Thinkpad W700 I've had a chronic problem with
> > > the wireless disconnecting after a random time interval. It was rock
> > > solid with F10.
> > Try the rawhide kernel.  I'm using it with an F11 installation just fine 
> > and iwlagn is finally solid again.
> 
> Ulrich,
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion. After installing the rawhide kernel, however,
> my W700 no longer boots. Indeed, it refuses to budge past the opening
> screen and allow me into the BIOS. This is Not Good.

Ulrich,

Specifically, I ran 'yum -y --enablerepo=rawhide install kernel'. These
two packages were installed:
        kernel-2.6.31-0.125.4.2.rc5.git2.fc12.x86_64
        kernel-firmware-2.6.31-0.125.4.2.rc5.git2.fc12.noarch
After recovering boot control of my W700 with a live CD and e2fsck, I
found that booting to that kernel would not complete, failing at the
same point. Sorry, but my eyes aren't fast enough to provide details.
While your idea is probably good one in view of the many problems
reported for iwlagn in F11, that particular kernel build must be DOA.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL